Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: Voters and Nonvoters 1
5. 1. The Founding Fathers’ Mistake 8
6. 2. A White Man’s Republic 36
7. 3. Constructing and Deconstructing the Vote 70
8. 4. Votes for Women 99
9. 5. The Absent Voter 128
10. 6. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 147
11. 7. The New Wars over the Vote 180
12. 8. Reforming American Voting 231
13. Conclusion: The Embattled Vote 252
14. Notes 259
15. Acknowledgments 303
16. Index 305