The other founders
Subtitle: Anti-Federalism and the dissenting tradition in America, 1788-1828
By: by Saul Cornell.
Contributors: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Publisher: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Constitutional history -- United States; Federal government -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Federal government -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Dissenters -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Dissenters -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
Description: "Fear of centralized authority is deeply rooted in American history. The struggle over the U.S. Constitution in 1788 pitted the Federalists, supporters of a stronger central government, against the Anti-Federalists, the champions of a more localist vision of politics. But, argues Saul Cornell, while the Federalists may have won the battle over ratification, it is the ideas of the Anti-Federalists that continue to define the soul of American politics."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-317) and index.