Friends of the Constitution - Writings of the 'Other' Federalists 1787-1788

Informationen zum Autor Colleen Sheenan and Gary McDowell! Editors Klappentext There were many writers other than John Jay! James Madison! and Alexander Hamilton who! in 1787 and 1788! argued for the Constitution's ratification. In a collection central to our understanding of American founding! "Friends of the Constitution" brings together forty-nine of the most important of these "other" Federalists' writings. Zusammenfassung Aside from the authors of the "Federalist Papers", there were many others writing cogently for the ratification of the new United States Constitution. This is a collection of 49 Federalist writings, including pieces by George Washington, Tench Coxe and Benjamin Franklin.

Product details

• Authors: Colleen A Sheenan, Colleen A. (EDT)/ McDowell Sheehan, Colleen A Sheenan
• Assisted by: Gary L. McDowell (Editor), Colleen A. Sheehan (Editor)
• Publisher: Liberty fund usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780865971554
• ISBN: 978-0-86597-155-4
• No. of pages: 523
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous