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Jefferson, Madison, and the making of the Constitution
- Title
- Jefferson, Madison, and the making of the Constitution / Jeff Broadwater.
- Author
- Broadwater, Jeff
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- xv, 274 pages; 25 cm
- 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"--
- Subjects
- United States
- Constitutional history
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Constitutional history > United States
- Constitution (United States)
- United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Political and social views
- United States Constitution
- Madison, James, 1751-1836 > Political and social views
- Political and social views
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.
- Contents
- The coarse and dry study of the law : 1743-1774 -- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-8675
- ISBN
- 9781469651019
- 1469651017
- LCCN
- 2018049278
- OCLC
- 1052442887
- Author
- Broadwater, Jeff, author.
- Title
- Jefferson, Madison, and the making of the Constitution / Jeff Broadwater.
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-8675