The Anti-Federalist: An Abridgment of The Complete Anti-Federalist Abridged edition

Jacket Description/Back: The purpose of this abridgment of Herbert J. Storing's The Complete Anti-Federalist is to provide students of American political thought, especially those concerned with the American founding, with a one-volume companion to The Federalist. The writings and speeches have been chosen on the basis of the importance of their arguments and their prominence in the ratification campaign. Biographical Note: Herbert J. Storing (1928-77), who spent most of his professional life at the University of Chicago, was, at the time of his death, Robert K. Gooch Professor of Government and the director of the Program on the Presidency, White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Murray Dry, who prepared this abridgment, is the Charles A. Dana Professor of political science at Middlebury College. Table of Contents: Preface by Murray DryIntroductionCentinel, Letter IObservations Leading to a Fair Examination of the System of Government Proposed by the Late Convention: Letters from The Federal Farmer, I-VII and XVI-XVIIEssays of Brutus"Pennsylvania"IntroductionThe Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania to Their Constituents"Massachusetts "IntroductionLetters of Agrippa, I-XI"Maryland"IntroductionA Farmer, Essay V"Virginia"IntroductionThe Impartial Examiner, Essay ISpeeches of Patrick Henry in the Virginia State Ratifying Convention"New York"IntroductionSpeeches by Melancton SmithBibliographyIndexMarc Notes: Bibliography: p. 361-364.; Includes index.

Contributor Bio:  Dry, Murray Herbert J. Storing (1928-77), who spent most of his professional life at the University of Chicago, was, at the time of his death, Robert K. Gooch Professor of Government and the director of the Program on the Presidency, White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Murray Dry, who prepared this abridgment, is the Charles A. Dana Professor of political science at Middlebury College. Contributor Bio:  Storing, Herbert J Herbert J. Storing (1928-77) was the Robert K. Gooch Professor of Government and director for the Program on the Presidency, White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Murray Dry is the Charles A. Dana professor of political science at Middlebury College.