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Author:

Banning, Lance, 1942-

Title:

The sacred fire of liberty : James Madison and the founding of the federal republic / Lance Banning.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

1995

Description:

x, 543 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Madison, James,--1751-1836.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.
United States--Politics and government--1789-1797.
Constitutional history--United States.
United States--Constitutional history.
Politics
United States
Politieke ideeën.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-536) and index.

Contents:

James Madison and the Nationalists, 1780-1783 -- The crisis of cenfederation government, 1783-1787 -- The crisis of republican convictions -- The Virginia Plan -- To perpetuate the Union -- The redeem the republication name -- "The practicable sphere of a republic": Madison, The Federalist, and the republication interpretation of the Constitution -- The Virginia ratifying convention -- Spanning the abyss: Madison, The Bill of Rights, and the inauguration of the Federal Republic -- The great divergence -- Opposition leader -- Retrospect and prospect -- Appendix: The personalities of "Publius".

ISBN:

9780801431524 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801431522 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

95014369

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

POAX626 -- Jessop-Bruner Library (University Park)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)