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...

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Auteur principal:	Carpenter, Daniel P. 1967- (Auteur)
Format:	Ebook
Langue:	English
Publié:	Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England : Harvard University Press, 2021
Titres liés à la collection:	ProQuest Ebook Central
Sujets:	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 Geschichte 1790-1870
Description matérielle:	1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 628 Seiten)