Democracy by Petition

Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790–1870

Daniel Carpenter

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$51.00 • £44.95 • €46.95

ISBN 9780674247499

Publication Date: 05/04/2021

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648 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

11 photos, 15 illus., 20 tables

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Daniel Carpenter is Allie S. Freed Professor of Government at Harvard University and author of the prizewinning books Reputation and Power and The Forging of Bureaucratic Autonomy. At Harvard, he has led the creation of the Digital Archive of Antislavery and Anti-Segregation Petitions and the Digital Archive of Native American Petitions.

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2022 James P. Hanlan Book Award, New England Historical Association

2022 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association

2021 Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award, Canadian Politics Section of the American Political Science Association

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