The Anti-Federalist

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Storing, Herbert J, Author.

Contributor:

Dry, Murray, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of Chicago Press 1996

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Herbert 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786612932939

9781282932937

1282932934

9780226775623

0226775623

OCLC:

1248759590