books about: antifederalist

books about: antifederalist

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Antifederalist

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 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 ...

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 ...

The Debate on the Constitution : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the ...

Library of America, 1993

Provides a complete environment for the Federalist Papers
Study of the Federalist Papers, of course included in this two volume series, is a conduit for understanding the American ethic. When the Federalist Papers are viewed as included in this chronological deliberation between the Federalists and Antifederalists, they ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

A Better Guide Than Reason: Federalists and Anti-Federalists (Library of Conservative Thought)

M.E. Bradford

Transaction Publishers, 1994

bradford is great
The previous review was written by a sorry excuse for a reviewer

The Essential Antifederalist

William B. Allen

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2002

Nice sampling of Antifederalist thought
As the book notes at the outset (page viii), "'The Antifederalists' is the name commonly used to designate those people who opposed the ratification of the Constitution." Most Americans are probably pretty much unaware of the key opponents of the Constitution as it ...

The Antifederalists: Critics of the Constitution, 1781-1788 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early ...

Jackson Turner Main

The University of North Carolina Press, 2004

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 Antifederalists: Men of Great Faith and Forbearance
David Siemers

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003

The Antifederalists: Men of Great Faith and Forbearance couples a wide variety of Antifederalist documents with insightful commentary to provide the first truly representative and up-to-date work on this important political group. David J. Siemers's carefully selected works and clear explanations bring out the variety among Antifederalists and the ...

The Complete Anti-Federalist [Set of 7]
Herbert J. Storing

University of Chicago Press, 1981

The Complete Anti-Federalist , first published in 1981, contains an unprecedented collection of all the significant pamphlets, newspaper articles and letters, essays, and speeches that were written in opposition to the Constitution during the ratification debate. Storing?s work includes introductions to each entry, along with his own consideration ...