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x, 543 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-536) and index. |
| Contents |
The Madisonian Madison: An Introduction -- Ch. 1. James Madison and the Nationalists, 1780-1783 -- Ch. 2. The Crisis of Confederation Government, 1783-1787 -- Ch. 3. The Crisis of Republican Convictions -- Ch. 4. The Virginia Plan -- Ch. 5. To Perpetuate the Union -- Ch. 6. To Redeem the Republican Name -- Ch. 7. "The Practicable Sphere of a Republic": Madison, The Federalist, and the Republican Interpretation of the Constitution -- Ch. 8. The Virginia Ratifying Convention -- Ch. 9. Spanning the Abyss: Madison, the Bill of Rights, and the Inauguration of the Federal Republic -- Ch. 10. The Great Divergence -- Ch. 11. Opposition Leader -- Ch. 12. Retrospect and Prospect -- Appendix: The Personalities of "Publius." |
| Summary |
The Sacred Fire of Liberty follows Madison from his appearance on the national stage (in Congress in 1780) through the end of 1792. By the end of this period, he had achieved his mature understanding of the Constitution, and his collision with many of the other Federalists of 1788 had made him a leader of the opposition to the administration of George Washington. Banning convinces the reader, through his meticulous research and deeply contextualized presentation of the shifting issues of the period, that Madison indeed held to consistent principles: he was at once a more committed democrat and a less eager nationalist than usually has been thought. The thinking that had underpinned his actions at the great convention, his numbers of The Federalist, and the supposed reversal of positions represented by his joining with Thomas Jefferson to form the first Republican party had firmed by 1792 into the understandings that would guide the rest of his career. |
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Madison, James, 1751-1836.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1797.
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Constitutional history -- United States.
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Madison, James, 1751-1836. (OCoLC)fst00055654
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Constitutional history. (OCoLC)fst00875777
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Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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1775-1797
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| ISBN |
0801431522 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9780801431524 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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080148524X |
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9780801485244 |
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