Anti-Federalist Writings of the Melancton Smith Circle (Hardcover, New)

There was intense debate on ratification during the period from the drafting and proposal of the federal Constitution in September 1787 to its ratification in 1789. The principal arguments in favor of ratification were documented by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay in "The Federalist." The arguments against ratification appeared in various forms, by various authors, most of whom used a pseudonym. Collectively, these writings have become known as the Anti-Federalist papers.
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The Anti-Federalist Writings of the Melancton Smith Circle" makes available for the first time a one-volume collection of Anti-Federalist writings that are commensurate in scope, significance, political brilliance, and depth with those in "The Federalist." Included in this volume as an appendix is a computational and contextual analysis that addresses the question of the authorship of two of the most well-known pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writings, namely, "Essays of a Federal Farmer" and "Essays of Brutus." Also included are the records of Smith's important speeches at the New York Ratifying Convention, some shorter writings of Smith's from the ratification debate, and a set of private letters Smith wrote on constitutional subjects at the time of the ratification struggle.
Michael Zuckert is Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.
Derek A. Webb received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a student at Georgetown Law School.

General

Imprint:	Liberty Fund
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2009
First published:	October 2009
Editors:	Michael Zuckert • Derek A. Webb
Dimensions:	155 x 230 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	448
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-86597-756-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General
LSN:	0-86597-756-9
Barcode:	9780865977563

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