What the Anti-Federalists Were for: The Political Thought of the Opponents of the Constitution
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Book Overview
The Anti-Federalists, in Herbert J. Storing's view, are somewhat paradoxically entitled to be counted among the Founding Fathers and to share in the honor and study devoted to the founding. "If the foundations of the American polity was laid by the Federalists," he writes, "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."...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226775747
ISBN13:9780226775746
Release Date:January 1981
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:120 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Anti-corporate
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
"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 Congress Assembled (aka The United States).
A rare source
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
The anti-federalists were really the federalists, they lost, and they're forgotten. Some of them predicted that if the constitution were adopted, even with the Bill of Rights, that the government it created would abuse its power and that there would be no agency to stop it. Imagine that! Dr. Storing gives the antis a fair hearing, though he (mistakenly in my opinion) believes them wrong. I don't know of many other sources for that.
Whatever
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
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 critique! Unbelievable. This is an oustanding book by the person almost singularly responsible for recovering the thought of the anti-Federalists.
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
academic book which provides a serious overview of where our nation started. Discusses significant issues as well as bringing up issues not normally mentioned in regards to the Federalist Papers
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