Book ID: CBB494685997

James Madison: A Life Reconsidered (2015)

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Cheney, Lynne (Author)


Penguin Books


Publication Date: 2015
Physical Details: x + 563 pp., photographs, bibliography, notes, index
Language: English

This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of a man of vaunted modesty who audaciously changed the world. Among the Founding Fathers, Madison was a true genius of the early republic. Outwardly reserved, Madison was the intellectual driving force behind the Constitution and crucial to its ratification. His visionary political philosophy and rationale for the union of states--so eloquently presented in The Federalist papers--helped shape the country Americans live in today. Along with Thomas Jefferson, Madison would found the first political party in the country's history--the Democratic Republicans. As Jefferson's secretary of state, he managed the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the United States. As president, Madison led the country in its first war under the Constitution, the War of 1812. Without precedent to guide him, he would demonstrate that a republic could defend its honor and independence--and remain a republic still. (Worldcat

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Essay Review Peter A. Coclanis (2017) Madison, Hamilton, and Jefferson: Reinterpreting America's Founding Fathers. Business History Review (pp. 575-587). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Abrams, Jeanne E.
Coclanis, Peter A.
Graham, Otis L., Jr.
Mata, Tiago
McCraw, Thomas K.
McLean, Iain
Journals
American Historical Review
Business History Review
Journal Electronique d'Histoire des Probabilités et de la Statistique
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Publishers
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press
Knopf
New York University Press
Routledge
Simon & Schuster
Concepts
Presidents
Biographies
Politics and government
Railroads
Science and politics
National histories
People
Jefferson, Thomas
Madison, James
Adams, John
Hamilton, Alexander
Washington, George
Bartram, John
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
Enlightenment
Early modern
Places
United States
Great Britain
Berlin (Germany)
India
North America
Institutions
United States Air Force (USAF)
College of William and Mary
United States. Department of the Treasury
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