Format:
Book
Author:
Lichtman, Allan J., author.
Title:
The embattled vote in America : from the founding to the present / Allan J. Lichtman.
Publisher, Date:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
©2018
Description:
xi, 315 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
Americans have died for the right to vote. Yet our democratic system guarantees no one, not even citizens, the opportunity to elect a government. Allan Lichtman calls attention to the founders' greatest error--leaving the franchise to the discretion of individual states--and explains why it has triggered an unending struggle over voting rights.
Subjects:
Suffrage -- United States -- History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-301) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Voters and non-voters -- The founding father's mistake -- A white man's republic -- Constructing and deconstructing the vote -- Votes for women -- The absent voter -- The Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- The new wars over the vote -- Reforming American voting -- Conclusion: The embattled vote.
LCCN:
2018006882
ISBN:
9780674972360 (alkaline paper) (hardcover)
0674972368 (alkaline paper) (hardcover)
Other Number:
1028592319
System Availability:
4
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3645715
Call Number:
324.6/20973
Course Reserves:
0
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