books about: anti-federalists

books about: anti-federalists

books:

Anti-federalists

The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics)

Signet Classics, 2003

The Origin of our Bill of Rights
"The Anti-Federalist Papers" along with the "Federalist Papers" is an excellent way to really learn about how our Constitution came about. Pseudonyms like The Centinel, The Pennsylvania Farmer, John DeWitt, Cato, et.al. set forth the cons against why various ...

The Anti-Federalist: An Abridgment of The Complete Anti-Federalist

University Of Chicago Press, 2006

Anti-corporate
"Federal", as in "federation" and "league", relates to commercial entities and commercial contract. Keep in mind, the United States is not a country but a corporation with no jurisdiction outside it's "ten mile square" district and the 18 enumerated functions of ...

For the People: American Populist Movements from the Revolution to the 1850s

Ronald P. Formisano

The University of North Carolina Press, 2008

Ronald Formisano's "For the People"
I think I can do no better than quote from the review by Mark Voss-Hubbard in the December '08 issue of the "Journal of American History": "This long-anticipated original work of synthesis cements Ronald P. Formisano's reputation as one of this generation's most ...

The Anti-Federalists: Selected Writings and Speeches (Conservative Leadership Series)

Bruce Frohnen

Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2001

An American Historical 'Must Read'
"This government [Federal Government] will destroy the state governments, and swallow the liberties of the people." This was the declaration of Patrick Henry, found in these pages, along with many other intriguing and wonderful speeches. This text is a definite 'must ...

What the Anti-Federalists Were For: The Political Thought of the Opponents of the Constitution

Herbert J. Storing

University Of Chicago Press, 1981

Whatever
Guy Smith complains that can't understand Herbert Storing's prose (but is this Storing's fault or Mr. Smith's? This was one of the most helpful books I read in graduate school, and I found Storing's writing academic, but accessible) and then makes errors in his ...

The Federalist & Anti Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, ...

BN Publishing, 2008

gift for my husband
My Husband is an American history fanatic and loved his christmas present. the book was in fantastic condition and was delivered three days ahead of schedule!

The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828 (Omohundro Institute ...

Saul Cornell

The University of North Carolina Press, 1999

Offers historical perspective on anti-govnmt. US politics
This is a very well written book that provides an interesting perspective on the roots of anti-federal and dissenting viewpoints from the beginnings of the United States. For better or worse, many of the views of today's militias and anti-government protesters have ...

George Mason, Forgotten Founder

Jeff Broadwater

The University of North Carolina Press, 2006

Good biography of one of the lesser known Founders
George Mason was an important figure, seemingly coming out of nowhere, just before and during the Revolution and up to the formulation of the Constitution. He is one of the lesser known founders, probably as much known for being one of the few who refused to sign the ...

The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers

David Wootton

Hackett Publishing Company, 2003

Necessary reading!
All Americans need to read this. Here lies the foundation. Our Founding Fathers had it right (and what beautiful English!)

Anti-Federalist Papers, ...

Misbach Enterprises, 2008

This book has been specifically formated for the Amazon Kindle reader. We did our best to take advantage of all the features of the kindle to maximize your reading experience with this book. DESCRIPTION During the period from the drafting and proposal of the federal Constitution in September, 1787, to its ratification in 1789 there was an ...

The United States Constitution: 200 Years of Anti-Federalist, Abolitionist, Feminist, Muckraking, ...
Bertell Ollman, Jonathan Birnbaum

NYU Press, 1990

NEVER BEFORE ASSEMBLED IN A SINGLE VOLUME--the major writings on the Constitution from six critical traditions. Here is THE OTHER SIDE in most of the key disputes over the Constitution from 1789 to the present, the side that was barely heard during the recent Bicentennial celebrations. Yet, it was often the popular side, raising many troublesome ...

The Anti Federalists: Critics of the Constitution, 1781-1788 (The Norton library, N760)

Jackson Turner Main

W W Norton & Co Inc, 1974

Understand how our Founders argued the Constitution
This was required reading for a graduate course in the Humanities. Jackson Turner Main's's book illustrates how political discourse became contentious once Americans started to debate the formation of a national government. To illustrate the use of pseudonyms by ...

The Anti-Federalists and Early American Political Thought

Christopher M. Duncan

Northern Illinois University Press, 1995

Insightful, road-not-taken view of the U.S.'s formative time
Duncan, a professor of mine when I was in graduate school and an invaluable member of my thesis committee, has done it again. He is one of a rare breed of intellectual, the philosopher-teachers in the style of Plato, Aristotle, or Socrates. Duncan's insight into ...

The American Constitution for and Against: The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers

Farrar Straus & Giroux (J), 1987

The Optimistic Jew
The debate over how to create an efficient system of government without sacrificing the sacred rights of the individual; how to make government serve society and advance its "general welfare" with a degree of competence while still harboring deep suspicions about the ...