The Antifederalists: Critics of the Constitution, 1781-1788 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)

Categories: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Description

The Antifederalists come alive on this state-by-state analysis of politics all the way through the Confederation and the debates over the enlargement of Congressional powers prior to the formation of the Constitution. At the one side were small and middle-class farmers who subscribed to a libertarian tradition founded in a distrust of power, a preference for local authority, and a concept of personal rights that defined liberty against government. At the other, urban centers and commercial farming areas were mercantile and planter aristocracies disposed to qualify libertarian tenets out of a terror of majority rule, a priority for property rights, and a high regard for the positive economic and political possibilities inside the power of a more centralized state. Main presents a perceptive account of the deliberations of the ratifying conventions, the local circumstances that affected decisions, the alignment of delegates, and the criteria that influenced one of the most delegates to modify their minds.

Related products

Home » Shop » Books » Subjects » Arts and Photography » History and Criticism » History » Americas » United States » Colonial Period » The Antifederalists: Critics of the Constitution, 1781-1788 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press)

Recent Products