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Crossroads for Liberty: Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America's First Constitution

Crossroads for Liberty: Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America's First Constitution

Watkins Jr, William J.

Hardcover

General LawRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

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ISBN10: 1598132792
ISBN13: 9781598132793
Publisher: Independent Institute
Published: Oct 1 2016
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.50
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Awards: Benjamin Franklin Award
What did the American Founders actually intend for the country, and does it even matter today? If America began as an idea, then what kind of idea?

In a time of increasing turmoil over American history, politics, and society, Crossroads for Liberty: Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America's First Constitution takes a surprising and thought-provoking look at the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution, and asks what we can learn from them.

Author William Watkins casts a critical eye on conventional wisdom about the Articles of Confederation, as he outlines the differences between that original U.S. governing document and the Constitution, which replaced it. He finds that the Articles protected individual liberty and community-centered government in ways that the looser language of the U.S. Constitution did not. Watkins draws from contemporary examples of bureaucratic overreach and expansion to support his argument--examples that were startlingly predicted by proponents of small government at the time of the Constitution's adoption. Along the way, he points back to the Articles and the values of the American Revolution as a framework for reimagining American politics to foster liberty and truly representative governance.

Crossroads for Liberty arrives at an important time in American political life, and its reexamination of the American Founding presents a significant contribution to the story about America. Readers will come away with a greater understanding of current political and constitutional issues, as well as a new perspective on American history.

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