The embattled vote in America : from the founding to the present /
Lichtman, Allan J.,
The embattled vote in America : from the founding to the present / Allan J. Lichtman. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xi, 315 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.--
9780674989344 9780674989320
Suffrage--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
JK1846 / .E433 2018
The embattled vote in America : from the founding to the present / Allan J. Lichtman. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xi, 315 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
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.--
9780674989344 9780674989320
Suffrage--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
JK1846 / .E433 2018