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"Synopsis: 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 democracy in contemporary American life."@en
"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 age--the 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.--Publisher description."@en
""Explains the way in which diverse forces including war, class tension, socioeconomic changes, racial and ethnic hostilities, ideological shifts and the dynamics of party competition shaped the expansion and contraction of voting rights over the last two hundred years."--Jacket."
"The classic, award-winning history of the cornerstone of American democracy, updated throughout and including a new chapter on voting rights since 2000."@en

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"Llibres electrònics"
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"Livre électronique (Descripteur de forme)"

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"The right to vote the contested history of democracy in the United States"@en
"The right to vote the contested history of democracy in the United States"
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"The Right to Vote the Contested History of Democracy in the United States"@en
"The right to vote : The contested history of democracy in the United States"
"The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States ; [with a new afterword]"
"The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States"
"The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States"@en
"The Right to Vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States"
"The Right to Vote The Contested History of Democracy in the United States"

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