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245 10 a| Democracy by petition :b| popular politics in transformation, 1790-1870 /c| Daniel Carpenter.;

264 1 a| Cambridge, Massachusetts :b| Harvard University Press,c| 2021.;

300 a| xiii, 628 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Signature moments, 1846-1849 -- Eruptions and democracies -- Stirrings: Petitions, prayers, and their venues -- Petitioning in the Settler Republic: space, capital, soldiers -- First nations, first wave petitioners -- Slavery, skin, and black strategy -- Awakenings: Patriotes and rebels: petitioning and parliamentary sovereignty in French Canada -- Producers, electors, city democrats -- The coalescence of opposition: from the Bank War to Canadian reform -- Abolition and the transformation of U.S. politics -- Democracies and closures: Women contesting collectively: work, war, Iglesia, and the ballot -- The eclipse of lordship: petitioning and land tenure in the United States and Canada -- Native continuance, native governance: The closure of petition democracy in the U.S. South, 1839-1860 -- Freedom and the petitioner's democracy -- Afterword: Agendas, organization, and the democracy of petitions.;

520 a| "Known as the age of democracy, the nineteenth century witnessed the extension of the franchise and the rise of party politics. As Daniel Carpenter shows, however, democracy in America emerged not merely through elections and parties, but through the transformation of an ancient political tool: the petition. A statement of grievance accompanied by a list of signatures, the petition afforded women and men excluded from formal politics the chance to make their voices heard and to reshape the landscape of political possibility. Democracy by Petition traces the explosion and expansion of petitioning across the North American continent"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Democracy by petition : popular politics in transformation, 1790-1870 / Daniel Carpenter.

Author/creator	Carpenter, Daniel P., 1967- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date	©2021
Description	xiii, 628 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects	Petitions--North America. --History. --19th century. Democracy--North America. --History. --19th century. Political participation--North America. --History. --19th century.

Contents	Signature moments, 1846-1849 -- Eruptions and democracies -- Stirrings: Petitions, prayers, and their venues -- Petitioning in the Settler Republic: space, capital, soldiers -- First nations, first wave petitioners -- Slavery, skin, and black strategy -- Awakenings: Patriotes and rebels: petitioning and parliamentary sovereignty in French Canada -- Producers, electors, city democrats -- The coalescence of opposition: from the Bank War to Canadian reform -- Abolition and the transformation of U.S. politics -- Democracies and closures: Women contesting collectively: work, war, Iglesia, and the ballot -- The eclipse of lordship: petitioning and land tenure in the United States and Canada -- Native continuance, native governance: The closure of petition democracy in the U.S. South, 1839-1860 -- Freedom and the petitioner's democracy -- Afterword: Agendas, organization, and the democracy of petitions.
Abstract	"Known as the age of democracy, the nineteenth century witnessed the extension of the franchise and the rise of party politics. As Daniel Carpenter shows, however, democracy in America emerged not merely through elections and parties, but through the transformation of an ancient political tool: the petition. A statement of grievance accompanied by a list of signatures, the petition afforded women and men excluded from formal politics the chance to make their voices heard and to reshape the landscape of political possibility. Democracy by Petition traces the explosion and expansion of petitioning across the North American continent"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2020042416
ISBN	9780674247499 hardcover
ISBN	0674247493 hardcover

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