Between 1780 and 1918, over one million petitions from across the four nations were sent to the House of Commons. A Nation of Petitioners is the first study of

Explores the central role of petitions in reshaping the political culture of the United Kingdom in their nineteenth-century heyday.

Between 1780 and 1918, over one million petitions from across the four nations were sent to the House of Commons. A Nation of Petitioners is the first study of

Today's political climate has Americans on both sides of the aisle frustrated and looking for new advocacy tools and change. Many want to take action but don’

This pioneering work of political history recovers the central and largely forgotten role that petitioning played in the formative years of North American democ