Exploring The Complexities of "Alien Suffrage" in American Political History.
Although historians and political scientists have long acknowledged the significant place of immigrants in American political history, the role of "alien suffrage" has not been well appreciated, and gaps remain in the scholarship about the nature of its practice. How extensively was "alien voting" p...
| Publicado en: | Journal of American Ethnic History Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 70 - 119 |
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University of Illinois Press
Winter2024
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