The Federalists, the Antifederalists, and the American Political Tradition

by Michael T. Gibbons

In analyzing the debates between the Federalists and the Antifederalists, McWilliams, Gibbons, and their contributors break sharply with those who interpret the founding of America as either the work of pure pragmatists or as the institutionalization of class interests. This study of the very nature of modern representative democracy explains past and present dilemmas and contradictions in terms of differing Federalist and Antifederalist views...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313277249
• ISBN13: 9780313277245
• Release Date: February 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"