Jefferson, Madison, and the making of the Constitution / Jeff Broadwater.
2019
KF4520 .B76 2019 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
Jefferson, Madison, and the making of the Constitution / Jeff Broadwater.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Description
xv, 274 pages ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
The coarse and dry study of the law: 1743-1774
A happy talent of composition: 1774-1776
A friendship was formed: 1776-1781
All the world is becoming commercial: 1781-1785
Confusion . . . must stifle all enterprize: 1784-1786
A new government must be made: 1786-1787
Opposition enough to do good: 1787-1788
Let us secure what we can: 1788-1789.
A happy talent of composition: 1774-1776
A friendship was formed: 1776-1781
All the world is becoming commercial: 1781-1785
Confusion . . . must stifle all enterprize: 1784-1786
A new government must be made: 1786-1787
Opposition enough to do good: 1787-1788
Let us secure what we can: 1788-1789.
Summary
"Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and James Madison, "Father of the Constitution," were two of the most important Founders of the United States as well as the closest of political allies. Yet historians have often seen a tension between the idealistic rhetoric of the Declaration and the more pedestrian language of the Constitution. Moreover, to some, the adoption of the Constitution represented a repudiation of the democratic values of the Revolution. In this book, Jeff Broadwater explores the evolution of the constitutional thought of these two seminal American figures, from the beginning of the American Revolution through the adoption of the Bill of Rights"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
KF4520 .B76 2019
Language
English
ISBN
9781469651019 hardcover alkaline paper
1469651017 hardcover alkaline paper
9781469651026 electronic book
1469651017 hardcover alkaline paper
9781469651026 electronic book
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