American suffrage : from property to democracy, 1760-1860 / by Chilton Williamson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williamson, Chilton, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suffrage--United States.

Suffrage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages).

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Since Americans have long taken price in universal suffrage and the secret ballot as foundations of democracy, it is surprising that one of its growth and reform. Mr. Williamson, focusing on the period from the Revolution to the Civil War, provides a state-by-state analysis of the growth of suffrage in its relation to partisan politics, the intellectual currents of the time, and such crises as war and rumors of war.Originally published in 1960.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

1. The Age Of Property Tests

2. The Colonial Electorate

3. The Colonial Voter At The Polls

4. The Genesis Of Democratic Suffrage Thought

5. A Family Quarrel

6. American Whigs And The Suffrage

7. The Revolutionary Aftermath

8. Suffrage Reform In The Jeffersonian South

9. Northern Suffrage in the Jeffersonian Age

10. Hard Feelings About The Suffrage

11. Suffrage In The New West

12. Suffrage And Pro-Slavery

13. The Rhode Island Explosion

14. Unfinished Business

15. Minority Report

Index

Notes:

Book.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781400843725

1400843723

9780691005515

0691005516

9780691198620

0691198624

OCLC:

1112289914