| The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates (Signet Classics) |  | Author: Ralph Ketcham
Publisher: Signet Classics
Category: Book
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Rating:  27 reviews
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Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0451528840
Dewey Decimal Number: 342.73029
EAN: 9780451528841
Publication Date: May 6, 2003
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The dissenting opinions of Patrick Henry and others who saw the Constitution as a threat to our hard-won rights and liberties.
Edited and introduced by Ralph Ketcham.
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 Anti-Federalist Papers - Losers view September 8, 2010
financegator
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is always important to understand the view of those who lost the debate. This book will help those who wish to understand the argument on the otherside of what we became. There are a number of those who are in Congress who would benefit from understanding why The Federalist Papers is the definitive source for our country's philosophy.
 #16 Read this with the Federalist Papers May 29, 2010
T. Price (Jax Fl.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Our real intellectual for fathers and their anti federalist argument not published in the Federalist Papers.
A must for Americans who vote March 31, 2010
Jay H. Colborn (Tallahassee, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This should be read by all, especially those who know little about how the country was formed.
Essential American Reader March 14, 2010
J. Harling (Texas USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I purchased this along with the Federalist Papers. I had read the F.P. in it's entirety, but I hadn't been aware of the vast gulf between various founders over the best government for America.
The Anti-Federalist Papers contain the writings (and speeches) of some of the greatest heroes on the Revolution including Richard Henry Lee and Patrick Henry, and some who will forever be known only by their pseudonym.
These writers were concerned about the danger inherent in the centralized power of a federal ("efficient") government. These dangers have been shown in the last 140 years as the federal government increasingly enforces its power - seat belt laws, alcohol limits, anti-gun laws. All these patriots would have been horrified by the excesses of our federal state.
And yet, some of the centralized, efficient government has made us great and is an essential part of who we are. The standing army that they excoriated (with their memories of the Hessians et al.), is a necessary part of our survival in an increasingly dangerous world.
Be sure you read these papers, too, as you contemplate our history and our future.
The Anti-Federalist Papers February 22, 2010
Maine Marine (Maine, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you want to understand the U.S.Constitution you really need to read the Anti-federalist and federal papers together. It is very interesting knowing what the Constitutional congress discussed and meant when they were working the greatest document in history.
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