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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
- Author
- Meyerson, Michael.
- Title
- 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
- Published
- New York : Basic Books, c2008.
- Description
- xiv, 309 p. ; 25 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.
- Contents
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- "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.
- Subject headings
- Constitutional history--United States. Constitutional law--United States.
- ISBN
- 9780465002641 (alk. paper) 0465002641 (alk. paper)