The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States

Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story forward, from the disputed presidential contest of...

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Auteur principal : Keyssar Alexander (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States / Alexander Keyssar
Édition : Edition révisée
Publié : New York : Basic Books , 2009
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXVI-467 p.)
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Résumé : Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story forward, from the disputed presidential contest of 2000 through the 2008 campaign and the election of Barack Obama. The Right to Vote is a sweeping reinterpretation of American political history as well as a meditation on the meaning of democracy in contemporary American life.
Variantes de titre : The contested history of democracy in the United States
Bibliographie : Bibliogr. p. [381]-450. Index
ISBN : 978-0-465-00502-4
0-465-00502-0
0465029698