TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keyssar,Alexander
TI  - The right to vote: the contested history of democracy in the United States 
SN  - 9780465005024 (pbk.)
AV  - JK 1846 K44r 2009
U1  - 342.7302 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Suffrage
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Voting
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-450) and index; Part I: The road to partial democracy. In the beginning -- Democracy ascendant -- Backsliding and sideslipping -- Part II: Narrowing the portals. Know-nothings, radicals, and redeemers -- The redemption of the north -- Women's suffrage -- Part III: Toward universal suffrage--and beyond. The quiet years -- Breaking barriers -- Conclusion: the project of democracy
ER  -