Democracy by petition : popular politics in transformation, 1790-1870
Petitioning has a forgotten but essential role in the history of modern democracy. In the antebellum era, petitions gave North Americans, especially the disenfranchised, a critical tool to shape the political agenda. Daniel Carpenter shows how mass petitioning facilitated civil rights, voting, organ...
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England : Harvard University Press,
2021
|
| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | ProQuest Ebook Central
|
| Schlagworte: | Petitions Democracy Political participation Democracy-North America-History-19th century Petitions-North America-History-19th century Political participation-North America-History-19th century Electronic books Nordamerika Demokratie Petition |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 628 Seiten) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Petitioning has a forgotten but essential role in the history of modern democracy. In the antebellum era, petitions gave North Americans, especially the disenfranchised, a critical tool to shape the political agenda. Daniel Carpenter shows how mass petitioning facilitated civil rights, voting, organizing, and other advances in liberty and equality. Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Signature Moments, 1846-1849 -- 2. Eruptions and Democracies -- STIRRINGS -- 3. Petitions, Prayers, and Their Venues -- 4. Petitioning in the Settler Republic: Space, Capital, Soldiers -- 5. First Nations, First Wave Petitioners -- 6. Slavery, Skin, and Black Strategy -- AWAKENINGS -- 7. Patriotes and Rebels: Petitioning and Parliamentary Sovereignty in French Canada -- 8. Producers, Electors, City Democrats -- 9. The Coalescence of Opposition: From the Bank War to Canadian Reform -- 10. Abolition and the Transformation of U.S. Politics -- DEMOCRACIES AND CLOSURES -- 11. Women Contesting Collectively: Work, War, Iglesia, and the Ballot -- 12. The Eclipse of Lordship: Petitioning and Land Tenure in the United States and Canada -- 13. Native Continuance, Native Governance -- 14. The Closure of Petition Democracy in the U.S. South, 1839-1860 -- 15. Freedom and the Petitioner's Democracy -- Afterword: Agendas, Organization, and the Democracy of Petitions -- Archives and Manuscript Collections Consulted -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
|---|---|
| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 628 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9780674258921 0674258924 9780674247499 0674247493 |