The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States - Rilegato

Keyssar, Alexander

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ISBN 10: 046502968X ISBN 13: 9780465029686

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2000

Riassunto

An esteemed historian offers a compelling re-thinking of the path America has taken toward its goal of universal suffrage.. Most Americans take for granted their right to vote, whether they choose to exercise it or not. But the history of suffrage in the U.S. is, in fact,the story of a struggle to achieve this right by our society's marginalized groups. In The Right to Vote, Duke historian Alexander Keyssar explores the evolution of suffrage over the course of the nation's history. Examining the many features of the history of the right to vote in the U.S.class, ethnicity, race, gender, religion, and agethe book explores the conditions under which American democracy has expanded and contracted over the years.Keyssar presents convincing evidence that the history of the right to vote has not been one of a steady history of expansion and increasing inclusion, noting that voting rights contracted substantially in the U. S. between 1850 and 1920. Keyssar also presents a controversial thesis: that the primary factor promoting the expansion of the suffrage has been war and the primary factors promoting contraction or delaying expansion have been class tension and class conflict.

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Book by Alexander Keyssar

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 046502968X
• ISBN 13: 9780465029686
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 496
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