The Anti-Federalist: Writings by the Opponents of the Constitution

About this book

Herbert J. Storings Complete Anti-Federalist hailed as "a civic event of enduring importance" (Leonard W. Levy New York Times Book Review) indisputably established the importance of the Anti-Federalists writings for our understanding of the Constitution. As Storing wrote in his introduction "If the foundation of the American polity was laid by the Federalists the Anti-Federalist reservations echo through American history; and it is in the dialogue not merely in the Federalist victory that the countrys principles are to be discovered." This one-volume edition presents the essence of the other side of that crucial dialogue. It can be read as a genuine counterpart to the Federalist Papers; as an original source companion to Storings brilliant essay What the Anti-Federalists Were For (volume I of The Complete Anti-Federalist available as a separate paperback); or as a guide to exploring the full range of Anti-Federalist writing. The Anti-Federalist makes a fundamental source of our political heritage accessible to everyone.