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Birth of the Bill of Rights : encyclopedia of the Antifederalists
- Title
- Birth of the Bill of Rights : encyclopedia of the Antifederalists / Jon L. Wakelyn.
- Author
- Wakelyn, Jon L.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
- Supplementary Content
- Book review (H-Net)
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 2 | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG KF4515 .W35 2004 v. 2 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG KF4515 .W35 2004 v. 1 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- 2 volumes; 26 cm
- Summary
- While the Antifederalists lost the battle against Constitutional ratification, they won the war by getting the Bill of Rights into the Constitution as its first ten amendments. In restraining the national government's power and guaranteeing individual liberties, the Bill of Rights has come to dominate modern U.S. politics and law. Volume 1 features biographies of 140 prominent Antifederalists, including Samuel Adams, George Clinton, Mercy Otis Warren, and James Monroe. The entries on each Antifederalist contains details about personal and public life, early political career, revolutionary activities, friends and enemies, basis for opposing the Constitution, and subsequent historical reputation. Volume 2 collects important speeches and writings of the Antifederalists, along with annotations to help the reader place these articles into their historical context. Many of these documents are difficult to find, and have never before been collected into one edition. Primary documents include: major pamphlets; broadsides; newspaper articles; and speeches delivered in state legislatures, at the Philadelphia convention, and in state ratification conventions.
- Subject
- To 1899
- Statesmen > United States > Biography
- Politicians > United States > Biography
- Revolutionaries > United States > Biography
- Constitutional history > United States > Sources
- Political science > United States > History > 18th century > Sources
- Political science > United States > History > 19th century > Sources
- Federal government > United States > History > Sources
- Politics and government
- Constitutional history
- Federal government
- Political science
- Politicians
- Revolutionaries
- Statesmen
- United States > Politics and government > To 1775 > Sources
- United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783 > Sources
- United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809 > Sources
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Sources.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- v. 1. Biographies -- v. 2. Major writings.
- Call Number
- KF4515
- ISBN
- 0313317399
- 9780313317392
- 0313331944
- 9780313331947
- 0313331952
- 9780313331954
- LCCN
- 2004047546
- OCLC
- 55018686
- Author
- Wakelyn, Jon L.
- Title
- Birth of the Bill of Rights : encyclopedia of the Antifederalists / Jon L. Wakelyn.
- Imprint
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- To 1899
- Other Form:
- Online version: Wakelyn, Jon L. Birth of the Bill of Rights. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004 (OCoLC)607486262Online version: Wakelyn, Jon L. Birth of the Bill of Rights. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004 (OCoLC)607937559
- Research Call Number
- *R-USLHG KF4515 .W35 2004