The Last of the Fathers - James Madison and the Republican Legacy

Klappentext 'What makes this thoroughly researched study all the more enjoyable is McCoy's accomplishment as a biographer. He knows Madison; he is acquainted with the man rather than with an historical figure. As a result! the reader stands beside Madison in the stormy! antebellum decades.' -- James Robertson in the Richmond News Leader. Zusammenfassung James Madison lived a truly extraordinary life! from a sickly teenager! through to a leading figure in the American Revolution and 'father of the constitution'! to an old age in which he witnessed the effects of his Revolutionary actions. This is a prizewinning highly personal biography. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; Prologue; 1. The character of the good statesman; 2. The character of the good republic: justice, stability, and the constitution; 3. Retrospect and prospect: Congress and the perils of popular government; 4. Memory and meaning: nullification and the lost world of the founding; 5. The republic transformed: population, economy, and society; 6. Accommodation: the old dominion; 7. Despair: the peculiar institution; 8. Legacy: the strange career of William Cebell Rives; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Drew R. McCoy, Drew R. (Harvard University Mccoy, McCoy Drew R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.1991
• EAN: 9780521407724
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40772-4
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas