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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.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York :: Basic Books,, c2008Description: xiv, 309 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780465002641 (hc)
  • 9780465018239
  • 0465002641 (hc)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.73029 MEY 22
LOC classification:
  • KF4520 .M49 2008
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index.

"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.

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