{"product_id":"a-revolution-in-favor-of-government-origins-of-the-u-s-constitution-and-the-making-of-the-american-state-paperback","title":"A Revolution in Favor of Government: Origins of the U.S. Constitution and the Making of the American State - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMax M. Edling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this trenchant new interpretation of America's origins, Max Edling shows that the Federalists were primarily concerned with building a government that could act vigorously in defense of American interests. The Constitution transferred the powers of war-making and resource-extraction from the states to the national government, thereby creating a nation-state invested with all the important powers of Europe's eighteenth-century 'fiscal-military states.'A strong centralized government such as this, however, challenged the American people's deeply ingrained distrust of unduly concentrated authority. To secure the Constitution's adoption in the face of this inherent suspicion, the Federalists had to balance the formation of a powerful national government with the strong current of anti-statism in the American political tradition. They did so, Edling argues, by designing a government that would be powerful in times of crisis, but which would make only limited demands on the\u003cbr\u003ecitizenry and have a sharply restricted presence in society. Taking advantage of a newly published letterpress edition of the constitutional debates, \u003cem\u003eA Revolution in Favor of Government\u003c\/em\u003e recovers a neglected strand of the Federalist argument, making a persuasive case for rethinking the formation of the federal American state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMax M. Edling\u003c\/strong\u003e is Research Fellow and University Lecturer, Uppsala University, Sweden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256579186790,"sku":"9780195374162","price":81.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/S1VuNFh6SFN1dkRJOEJkM1luU25xdz09.webp?v=1773729992","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-revolution-in-favor-of-government-origins-of-the-u-s-constitution-and-the-making-of-the-american-state-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}