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100 1 $aKeyssar, Alexander.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85195083
245 14 $aThe right to vote :$bthe contested history of democracy in the United States /$cAlexander Keyssar.
260 $aNew York :$bBasic Books,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $axxiv, 467 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [403]-452) and index.
505 00 $gPt. I.$tThe Road to Partial Democracy.$g1.$tIn the Beginning.$g2.$tDemocracy Ascendant.$g3.$tBacksliding and Sideslipping --$gPt. II.$tNarrowing the Portals.$g4.$tKnow-Nothings, Radicals, and Redeemers.$g5.$tThe Redemption of the North.$g6.$tWomen's Suffrage --$gPt. III.$tToward Universal Suffrage - and Beyond.$g7.$tThe Quiet Years.$g8.$tBreaking Barriers.$tConclusion: The Project of Democracy.$gAppendix.$tState Suffrage Laws.
520 1 $a"Alexander Keyssar's account highlights the gap between the hallowed image of the United States as the democratic nation and the reality that it took nearly two centuries for universal suffrage to be achieved. The story that he presents is one of both progress toward democratization and of fierce resistance to any expansion of the franchise. It includes lively accounts of those who "won" the right to vote, including women.
520 8 $aAfrican Americans, immigrants and industrial workers, while also describing recurrent - and sometimes successful - efforts to bar millions of individuals from the polls."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSuffrage$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aVoting$zUnited States$xHistory.
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