The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828
by Saul Cornell
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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. While no Anti-Federalist party emerged show more after ratification, Anti-Federalism continued to help define the limits of legitimate dissent within the American constitutional tradition for decades. Anti-Federalist ideas also exerted an important influence on Jeffersonianism and Jacksonianism. Exploring the full range of Anti-Federalist thought, Cornell illustrates its continuing relevance in the politics of the early Republic. A new look at the Anti-Federalists is particularly timely given the recent revival of interest in this once neglected group, notes Cornell. Now widely reprinted, Anti-Federalist writings are increasingly quoted by legal scholars and cited in Supreme Court decisions--clear proof that their authors are now counted among the ranks of America's founders. show lessTags
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A *very* detailed examination of the various strains of anti-federalist thought during the debates on ratification of the Constitution. Cornell identifies and locates these various strains as well as analyzes their objections and ideologies and their relative importance in the debates.
The appendix listing anti-federalist tracts by number of reprintings helps make the case for their relative importance and is a valuable guide in directing one's own primary research in the area.
The appendix listing anti-federalist tracts by number of reprintings helps make the case for their relative importance and is a valuable guide in directing one's own primary research in the area.
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Saul Cornell is Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University and Director of the Second Amendment Research Center at the John Glenn Institute
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- The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828
- Original publication date
- 1999
- Important places
- USA
- Important events
- Ratification of the Constitution
- Disambiguation notice
- Full title (1999): The other founders : Anti-Federalism and the dissenting tradition in America, 1788-1828 / by Saul Cornell
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- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 320.473 — Society, government, & culture Political science Types of Government Democracy; Structure and functions of government North America United States
- LCC
- E310 .C79 — History of the United States United States Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 By period 1789-1809. Constitutional period Diplomatic history. Foreign and general
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- English, German
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