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Liberty's blueprint : how Madison and Hamilton wrote The federalist papers, defined the Constitution, and made democracy safe for the world / Michael I. Meyerson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyerson, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States.
- Constitutional law--United States.
- Constitutional law.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 309 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2008]
- Contents:
- "Testifying the esteem & regard" : an unlikely friendship
- "To cement the union" : sounding the call for a convention
- "Better than nothing" : the drafting of the Constitution
- "Establishing good government from reflection and choice" : producing The federalist
- "The head of a faction decidedly hostile to me" : the disintegration of a relationship
- "The most valuable disquisitions of government" : why and how to read The federalist
- "The diseases most incident to Republican government" : appreciating Federalist 10
- "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition": lessons on the separation of powers
- "A double security": lessons on federalism
- "The greatest of all reflections on human nature": lasting lessons.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-297) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465002641
- 0465002641
- OCLC:
- 169873310
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