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Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American R…
A group portrait of America's first President and the men who served with him to create the office shares insights into their personalities and the consequences of Washington's decision to heed or disregard specific advice.
A group portrait of America's first President and the men who served with him to create the office shares insights into their personalities and the consequences of Washington's decision to heed or disregard specific advice.
The federalist papers
by Kesler, Charles R., Jay, John, Rossiter, Clinton, Hamilton, Aleksander, Madison, James
fromA Signet Classic
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"The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today. The story of hist…
"The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today. The story of hist…
We live in a divided America that is currently incapable of sustained argument and is feeling unsure of its destiny. Ellis shows how the founders went back to the Greek and Roman classics for seasoned wisdom in their time, and now he takes us back to our classics: America's foun…
The Madisonian Constitution
by Project Muse, Thomas, George
fromBook collections on Project MUSE
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Madison's complex constitutionalism -- Congress, the Supreme Court, and the meaning of the Civil War amendments -- The progressive reconstruction of American constitutionalism -- Discontinuities in the "Constitutional Revolution of 1937"--Unsettling the New Deal and the return o…
"Today, we think of constitutional questions as being settled by the United States Supreme Court. But that was not always the case, nor is it what the framers intended in constructing the three-branch federal government. This volume examines four crucial moments in U.S. politica…
A prominent Civil Rights advocate explores the meaning of patriotism for African-Americans, who must reconcile their loyalty for their country with knowledge of that country's legacy of slavery and racism.
Wilkins examines the lives of the founding fathers to discover how, "race and slavery still impede our progress."
Wilkins examines the lives of the founding fathers to discover how, "race and slavery still impede our progress."