Edition |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
Description |
xiv, 368 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-353) and index. |
Contents |
The founding. "The consent of the governed" ; "Who are to be the electors?" -- The rise and fall of American democracy. Young America ; "Sheet anchor" ; "The bullet and the ballot" ; The gilded age -- The twentieth century. The age of reform ; Silent sentinels ; "One person, one vote" ; Walls of Jericho -- The modern fight to vote. Lost decade ; Marching backwards ; Five to four ; 2016 ; A democracy moment. |
Summary |
The president of a nonpartisan law and policy institute at NYU describes the fight for the right to vote and the historical, and ongoing, efforts by some to make voting difficult for the elderly, the poor, and the young. |
Subject |
Suffrage -- United States -- History.
|
|
Suffrage. (OCoLC)fst01137187
|
|
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
|
Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
|
ISBN |
9781501116490 (trade pbk. ; alk. paper) |
|
1501116495 (trade pbk. ; alk. paper) |
|
9781501116483 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
|
1501116487 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
|