num_pages: 308
description: In this examination of the philosophical attitudes and political activity of the opponents of the adoption of the Constitution, Dr. Main rescues the Antifederalists from oblivion. His perceptive account of the ratifying conventions, the local circumstances that affected decisions, the alignment of delegates, and the factors that operated to make some of the delegates change their minds is a vigorous counterstatement to revisionist studies of the Constitutional debate.
language: English
title: The Antifederalists: Critics of the Constitution, 1781-1788
titlecomplete: The Antifederalists: Critics of the Constitution, 1781-1788
characters: George Clinton, Samuel Adams, Elbridge Gerry, Abraham Yates Jr., Timothy Bloodworth, William Findley, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, George Mason, George Bryan, Patrick Henry, Edmund Randolph
genres: Politics, Law, Nonfiction, American History, History
ratings_count: 46
awards: awardedAt: -378662400000
name: Jamestown Prize
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc