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02196aam a2200445 i 4500 001 BBD20C60C6D111E8B1BC915097128E48 003 SILO 005 20181003010030 008 180214t20182018mau b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018006882 020 $a 0674972368 020 $a 9780674972360 035 $a (OCoLC)1028592319 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d ERASA $d YDX $d QQ3 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK1846 $b .L53 2018 082 00 $a 324.6/20973 $2 23 100 1 $a Lichtman, Allan J., $e author. 245 14 $a The embattled vote in America : $b from the founding to the present / $c Allan J. Lichtman. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b Harvard University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xi, 315 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a Americans have died for the right to vote. Yet our democratic system guarantees no one, not even citizens, the opportunity to elect a government. Allan Lichtman calls attention to the founders' greatest error--leaving the franchise to the discretion of individual states--and explains why it has triggered an unending struggle over voting rights.-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Voters and non-voters -- The founding father's mistake -- A white man's republic -- Constructing and deconstructing the vote -- Votes for women -- The absent voter -- The Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- The new wars over the vote -- Reforming American voting -- Conclusion: The embattled vote. 650 0 $a Suffrage $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a Suffrage. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01137187 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 4 $a Nonfiction. 941 $a 7 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417015156.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214031607.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012012441.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022843.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217025120.0 952 $l OPAX566 $d 20181206010858.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20181003012521.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BBD20C60C6D111E8B1BC915097128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search