{"product_id":"9780865977570","title":"The Anti-Federalist Writings of the Melancton Smith Circle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere was intense debate on ratification during the period from the drafting and proposal of the federal Constitution in September 1787 to its ratification in 1789. The principal arguments in favor of ratification were documented by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay in \u003ci\u003eThe Federalist\u003c\/i\u003e. The arguments against ratification appeared in various forms, by various authors, most of whom used a pseudonym. Collectively, these writings have become known as the Anti-Federalist papers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Anti-Federalist Writings of the Melancton Smith Circle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e makes available for the first time a one-volume collection of Anti-Federalist writings that are commensurate in scope, significance, political brilliance, and depth with those in \u003ci\u003eThe Federalist.\u003c\/i\u003e Included in this volume as an appendix is a computational and contextual analysis that addresses the question of the authorship of two of the most well-known pseudonymous Anti-Federalist writings, namely, \u003ci\u003eEssays of a Federal Farmer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEssays of Brutus\u003c\/i\u003e. Also included are the records of Smith’s important speeches at the New York Ratifying Convention, some shorter writings of Smith’s from the ratification debate, and a set of private letters Smith wrote on constitutional subjects at the time of the ratification struggle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Zuckert\u003c\/b\u003e is Nancy Reeves Dreux Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDerek A. Webb received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a student at Georgetown Law School.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022269399280,"sku":"9780865977570","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865977570_p0.jpg?v=1763830855","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865977570","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}