Gerrymanders: How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White Supremacy, and Partisan Minorities in Virginia

by Brent Tarter

Many are aware that gerrymandering exists and suspect it plays a role in our elections, but its history goes far deeper, and its impacts are far greater, than most realize. In his latest book, Brent Tarter focuses on Virginia's long history of gerrymandering to uncover its immense influence on the state's politics and to provide perspective on how the practice impacts politics nationally.

Offering the first in-depth historical study of gerrymanders...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813943205
• ISBN13: 9780813943206
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher