Partisan Gerrymandering and the Construction of American Democracy

Erik J. Engstrom offers a historical perspective on the effects of gerrymandering on elections and party control of the U.S. national legislature. Aside from the requirements that districts be continuous and, after 1842, that each select only one representative, there were few restrictions on congre...

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Main Author: Engstrom, Erik J. (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 20130901
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