| The Antifederalists: Critics of the Constitution, 1781-1788 Contributor(s): Main, Jackson Turner (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807855448 ISBN-13: 9780807855447 Publisher: Omohundro Institute and University of North C OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2004 Annotation: The Antifederalists come alive in this state-by-state analysis of politics during the Confederation and the debates over the enlargement of Congressional powers prior to the formation of the Constitution. On 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 private rights that defined liberty against government. On the other, urban centers and commercial farming areas were mercantile and planter aristocracies disposed to qualify libertarian tenets out of a fear of majority rule, a concern for property rights, and a high regard for the positive economic and political possibilities within 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 factors that influenced some of the delegates to change their minds. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Law | Legal History - Political Science | American Government - General |
| Dewey: 342.73 |
| LCCN: 2004270380 |
| Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.36" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Antifederalists come alive in this state-by-state analysis of politics during the Confederation and the debates over the enlargement of Congressional powers prior to the formation of the Constitution. On 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 private rights that defined liberty against government. On the other, urban centers and commercial farming areas were mercantile and planter aristocracies disposed to qualify libertarian tenets out of a fear of majority rule, a concern for property rights, and a high regard for the positive economic and political possibilities within 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 factors that influenced some of the delegates to change their minds. |
Contributor Bio(s): Main, Jackson Turner: - The late Jackson Turner Main (1917-2003) taught history at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and the University of Colorado, Boulder. |