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

ISBN-13: 9780700634170 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 536 str.

Michael J. Faber

Spis treści

• Preface
• 1. The Anti-Federalists and the Development of Dissent
• 2. Three Strands of Anti-Federalism
• 3. First Impressions and Initial Objections
• 4. Opposition in Pennsylvania
• 5. Federalist Momentum
• 6. The Heart of the National Debate
• 7. Compromise in Massachusetts
• 8. Setbacks in the Northeast
• 9. Summer Convention Elections
• 10. Missed Opportunities in Maryland
• 11. Futility in South Carolina
• 12. the Virginia Convention
• 13. anti-Federalists of New York
• 14. The Constitution Ratified
• 15. Reconciliation and Resistance
• 16. Elections and Amendments
• 17. The Last Resistance and the Completion of the Union
• 18. An Anti-Federalist Constitution
• 19. The Prospects of an Anti-Federalist Constitution
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index