Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1780
Book Description
The Debates in the Several State Conventions
Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1780
Book Description
The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, 1787
Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
The Federalist Papers
Author: Alexander HamiltonPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528785878
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of “The Federalist Papers”, a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. “The Federalist”, as it was previously known, was constructed by American statesman Alexander Hamilton, and was intended to catalyse the ratification of the United States Constitution. Hamilton recruited fellow statesmen James Madison Jr., and John Jay to write papers for the compendium, and the three are known as some of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) was an American lawyer, journalist and highly influential government official. He also served as a Senior Officer in the Army between 1799-1800 and founded the Federalist Party, the system that governed the nation’s finances. His contributions to the Constitution and leadership made a significant and lasting impact on the early development of the nation of the United States.
The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Author: Jonathan ElliotRatification
Author: Pauline MaierPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684868555
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
The dramatic story of the debate over the ratification of the Constitution, the first new account of this seminal moment in American history in years.
The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Author: United States. Constitutional ConventionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutions
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
The Debates in the Several State Conventions
Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutions
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
An Anti-Federalist Constitution
Author: Michael J. FaberPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700634177
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
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 debates, Michael J. Faber presents an alternative perspective on constitutional history. Telling, in a sense, the other side of the story of the Constitution, his book offers key insights into the ideas that helped to form the nation’s founding document and that continue to inform American politics and public life. Faber identifies three distinct strands of political thought that eventually came together in a clear and coherent Anti-Federalism position: (1) the individual and the potential for governmental tyranny; (2) power, specifically the states as defenders of the people; and (3) democratic principles and popular sovereignty. After clarifying and elaborating these separate strands of thought and analyzing a well-known proponent of each, Faber goes on to tell the story of the resistance to the Constitution, focusing on ideas but also following and explaining events and strategies. Finally, he produces a “counterfactual” Anti-Federalist Constitution, summing up the Anti-Federalist position as it might have emerged had the opposition drafted the document. How would such a constitution have worked in practice? A close consideration reveals the legacy of the Anti-Federalists in early American history, in the US Constitution and its role in the nation’s political life.