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The embattled vote in America : from the founding to the present

text The embattled vote in America : from the founding to the present

Lichtman, Allan J.

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 discreti... Read more
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 -- Ref... Read more
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Description
xi, 315 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher
Harvard University Press 2018
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 324.6 LIC in Adult Non-fiction Available

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