Ratifying the Republic: Antifederalists and Federalists in Constitutional Time

by David Siemers

Ratifying the Republic explains how the United States Constitution made the transition from a very divisive proposal to a consensually legitimate framework for governing. This story has never been told in its entirety, mainly because the transition seemed so seamless. But the Federalists' proposal had been bitterly opposed, and constitutional legitimation required a major transformation. The story of that transformation is the substance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080475103X
• ISBN13: 9780804751032
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"