A Better Guide Than Reason: Federalists and Anti-federalists

by M.E. Bradford, Russell Kirk (Introduction)

In this seminal volume, M. E. Bradford defines the Old Whig political tradition in American thought, showing that the inheritance of the prescriptive anti-federalists still lives. For Bradford, important elements in our heritage from the American Revolution have been systematically hidden from our view by anachronistic and partisan scholarship. He believes that other, more ideological components have been emphasized at the expense of the rest. Here he attempts to return us to our heritage.

220 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 29, 2017

About the author

M.E. Bradford was professor of English at the University of Dallas and the author of numerous books, including Original Intentions: On the Making and Ratification of the United States Constitution and A Better Guide Than Reason: Studies in the American Revolution.