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Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870 Audiobook, by Daniel Carpenter Play Audiobook Sample

Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870 Audiobook

Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870 Audiobook, by Daniel Carpenter Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Eric Michael Summerer Publisher: Tantor Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 14.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 11.00 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: July 2021 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781666116564

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

31

Longest Chapter Length:

59:18 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

07:57 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

42:41 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

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. Indigenous tribes in Canada, free Blacks from Boston to the British West Indies, Irish canal workers in Indiana, and Hispanic settlers in territorial New Mexico all used petitions to make claims on those in power. Petitions facilitated the extension of suffrage, the decline of feudal land tenure, and advances in liberty for women, African Americans, and Indigenous peoples. Even where petitioners failed in their immediate aims, their campaigns advanced democracy by setting agendas, recruiting people into political causes, and fostering aspirations of equality.

The coming of democracy in America owes much to the unprecedented energy with which the petition was employed in the antebellum period.

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About Eric Michael Summerer

Eric Michael Summerer is a voice actor and producer who has narrated numerous audiobooks as well as countless instructional recordings and video games. His narrations have earned an Audie Award nomination and won an AudioFile Earphones Award. He also cohosts the popular board-game podcast The Dice Tower.