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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226775658
ISBN-139780226775654
eBay Product ID (ePID)95243
Product Key Features
Book TitleAnti-Federalist : an Abridgment of the Complete Anti-Federalist
Number of Pages382 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicConstitutional, History & Theory, Constitutions, United States / General
GenreLaw, Political Science, History
AuthorHerbert J. Storing
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight20 oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN84-016207
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal342.73/029
Edition DescriptionAbridged edition,Reprint
Table Of ContentPreface by Murray Dry Introduction Centinel, Letter I Observations Leading to a Fair Examination of the System of Government Proposed by the Late Convention: Letters from The Federal Farmer, I-VII and XVI-XVII Essays of Brutus Pennsylvania Introduction The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania to Their Constituents Massachusetts Introduction Letters of Agrippa, I-XI Maryland Introduction A Farmer, Essay V Virginia Introduction The Impartial Examiner, Essay I Speeches of Patrick Henry in the Virginia State Ratifying Convention New York Introduction Speeches by Melancton Smith Bibliography Index
SynopsisHerbert J. Storing's Complete Anti-Federalist , hailed as "a civic event of enduring importance" (Leonard W. Levy, New York Times Book Review ), indisputably established the importance of the Anti-Federalists' writings for our understanding of the Constitution. As Storing wrote in his introduction, "If the foundation of the American polity was laid by the Federalists, the Anti-Federalist reservations echo through American history; and it is in the dialogue, not merely in the Federalist victory, that the country's principles are to be discovered." This one-volume edition presents the essence of the other side of that crucial dialogue. It can be read as a genuine counterpart to the Federalist Papers ; as an original source companion to Storing's brilliant essay What the Anti-Federalists Were For (volume I of The Complete Anti-Federalist , available as a separate paperback); or as a guide to exploring the full range of Anti-Federalist writing. The Anti-Federalist makes a fundamental source of our political heritage accessible to everyone.
The Anti-Federalists wrote the bill of rights, and yet their works are not cited in Supreme Court decisions. Read the statements by the founding Americans who feared a tyrannical government.