| Description |
x, 340 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"This book examines fierce conflicts over apportionment and gerrymandering in the late nineteenth-century Midwest"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
United States. Congress. House -- Election districts -- History -- 19th century.
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Apportionment (Election law) -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Election districts -- United States.
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Representative government and representation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781107023000 |
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9781139782753 (electronic bk.) |
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