Representation and inequality in late nineteenth-century America the politics of apportionment

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

Author/creator	Argersinger, Peter H.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description	x, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	United States. Congress. House--Election districts --History --19th century. Apportionment (Election law)--United States --History --19th century. Election districts--United States. Representative government and representation--United States --History --19th century. United States--Politics and government --19th century.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: 1. "Injustices and inequities": the politics of apportionment, 1870-1889; 2. "One irrevocable duty": democrats and reapportionment, 1889-1893; 3. "The time has come to make a precedent": Wisconsin, 1891-1892; 4. "Fought out in the courts": Michigan, 1891-1892; 5. "Partisanship has run riot": Indiana, 1892-1894; 6. "An ineradicable vice": Wisconsin, 1893-1896; 7. "The consequences of their own folly": Indiana, 1894-1898; 8. "A state of uncertainty": Illinois, 1893-1898; 9. "Our system of representative government": from chaos to control.
Abstract	"This book examines fierce conflicts over apportionment and gerrymandering in the late nineteenth-century Midwest"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012012607
ISBN	9781107023000

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