The Right to Vote by Alexander Keyssar - ISBN: 9780465005024
Paperback
The classic, award-winning history of the cornerstone of American democracy, updated throughout and including a new chapter on voting rights since 2000.

The Right to Vote

The Contested History of Democracy in the United States

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  • Paperback

    494 pages

  • Release Date

    29 June 2009

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Summary

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 revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story forward, from the disputed presidential contest of 2000 through the 2008 campaign and the election of Barack Obama. The Right to Vote is a sweeping reinterpretation of American political history as well as a meditation on the meaning of democra…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780465005024
ISBN-10:0465005020
Author:Alexander Keyssar
Publisher:Basic Books
Imprint:Basic Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:494
Edition:2nd
Release Date:29 June 2009
Weight:580g
Dimensions:228mm x 152mm x 34mm
About The Author

Alexander Keyssar

Alexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling, Jr., Professor of History and Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. His 1986 book, Out of Work, was awarded three scholarly prizes, and his book, The Right to Vote, was named the best book in U.S. history by both the American Historical Association and the Historical Society it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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