Representation and inequality in late nineteenth-century America : the politics of apportionment / Peter H. Argersinger

Author:: Argersinger, Peter H.
Published:: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Physical Description:: x, 340 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents:

"Injustices and inequities": the politics of apportionment, 1870-1888 -- "One irrevocable duty": democrats and reapportionment, 1889-1893 -- "The time has come to make a precedent": Wisconsin, 1891-1892 -- "Fought out in the courts": Michigan, 1891-1893 -- "Partisanship has run riot": Indiana, 1892-1894 -- "An ineradicable vice": Wisconsin, 1893-1896 -- "The consequences of their own folly": Indiana, 1894-1898 -- "A state of uncertainty": Illinois, 1893-1898 -- "Our system of popular representative government": from chaos to control.

Summary:

"This book examines fierce conflicts over apportionment and gerrymandering in the late nineteenth-century Midwest"--

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ISBN:

9781107023000
1107023009

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased with funds from the Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment; 2013

Endowment Note:

Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment

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