LEADER 03461cam 2200493 i 4500001 on1198017771 003 OCoLC 005 20210429122709.3 008 201013t20212021mauab b 001 0 eng 010 2020042416 040 MH/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dMRB |dUKMGB |dYDX 020 9780674247499 |qhardcover 020 0674247493 |qhardcover 035 40030565465 035 (OCoLC)1198017771 042 pcc 043 n------ 050 00 JF799 |b.C3698 2021 082 00 322.40973/09034 |223 100 1 Carpenter, Daniel P., |d1967- |eauthor. |=^A491764 245 10 Democracy by petition : |bpopular politics in transformation, 1790-1870 / |cDaniel Carpenter. 264 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts : |bHarvard University Press, |c2021. 264 4 |c©2021 300 xiii, 628 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 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 "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"-- |cProvided by publisher. 650 0 Petitions |zNorth America |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A868794 650 0 Democracy |zNorth America |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A3665 650 0 Political participation |zNorth America |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A119 650 7 Democracy. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00890077 650 7 Petitions. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01059227 650 7 Political participation. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01069386 651 7 North America. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01242475 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 1800-1899 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 949 |i30372017339323 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s49.95 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5637408