An Anti-Federalist Constitution: The Development of Dissent in the Ratification Debates

by Michael J. Faber

What would an Anti-Federalist Constitution look like? Because we view the Constitution through the lens of the Federalists who came to control the narrative, we tend to forget those who opposed its ratification. And yet the Anti-Federalist arguments, so critical to an understanding of the Constitution's origins and meaning, resonate throughout American history. By reconstructing these arguments and tracing their development through the ratification...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700627774
• ISBN13: 9780700627776
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"