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30 cze 2009 · Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this...
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24 sty 2009 · In The Right to Vote, HKS 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 age—the book explores the conditions under which American democracy has expanded and ...
22 sie 2000 · The Right To Vote: The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States Hardcover – August 22, 2000. by Alexander Keyssar (Author) 4.5 101 ratings. See all formats and editions. Most Americans take for granted their right to vote, whether they choose to exercise it or not.
The Right to Vote is a sweeping reinterpretation of American political history as well as a meditation on the meaning of democracy in contemporary American life. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story forward, from the disputed presidential contest of 2000 thru the 2008 campaign and the election of Barack Obama.
1 gru 2001 · Despite mentions of low contemporary voter turnout and unequal political power at the beginning and end of his book, Keyssar's is mainly a hopeful story of the sometimes reversed but eventually successful dismantling of class, race, and gender barriers to voting, in that unusual order of emphasis.
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.
22 sie 2000 · In The Right to Vote, Duke historian Alexander Keyssar explores the evolution of suffrage over the course of the nation's history.
