Download or read book James Madison and the Making of America written by Kevin R. C. Gutzman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking new account, historian Gutzman looks beyond Madison's traditional moniker--The Father of the Constitution--to find a more complex and realistic portrait of this influential founding father, who often performed his founding deeds in spite of himself.
Download or read book The Presidency of James Madison written by Robert Allen Rutland and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers all major events of the Madison administration, including the War of 1812 and the push for national expansion.
Download or read book Adams vs Jefferson written by John Ferling and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-03 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a contest of titans: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two heroes of the Revolutionary era, once intimate friends, now icy antagonists locked in a fierce battle for the future of the United States. The election of 1800 was a thunderous clash of a campaign that climaxed in a deadlock in the Electoral College and led to a crisis in which the young republic teetered on the edge of collapse. Adams vs. Jefferson is the gripping account of a turning point in American history, a dramatic struggle between two parties with profoundly different visions of how the nation should be governed. The Federalists, led by Adams, were conservatives who favored a strong central government. The Republicans, led by Jefferson, were more egalitarian and believed that the Federalists had betrayed the Revolution of 1776 and were backsliding toward monarchy. The campaign itself was a barroom brawl every bit as ruthless as any modern contest, with mud-slinging, scare tactics, and backstabbing. The low point came when Alexander Hamilton printed a devastating attack on Adams, the head of his own party, in "fifty-four pages of unremitting vilification." The stalemate in the Electoral College dragged on through dozens of ballots. Tensions ran so high that the Republicans threatened civil war if the Federalists denied Jefferson the presidency. Finally a secret deal that changed a single vote gave Jefferson the White House. A devastated Adams left Washington before dawn on Inauguration Day, too embittered even to shake his rival's hand. With magisterial command, Ferling brings to life both the outsize personalities and the hotly contested political questions at stake. He shows not just why this moment was a milestone in U.S. history, but how strongly the issues--and the passions--of 1800 resonate with our own time.
Download or read book A Republic Not an Empire written by Patrick J. Buchanan and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All but predicting the September 11 attacks, Pat Buchanan warns that America is inviting terrorist attacks and conflict by engaging in an interventionist foreign policy that is costly, dangerous, and does not serve our own interests.
Download or read book U S Government Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State written by A. London Fell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-07-30 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first book of the sixth volume centers on the Revolutionary and Constitutional eras in early American history, while also carrying the story ahead into the early 19th century. How did the American founders adapt and utilize European thought in their political and legal ideas on sovereignty, state, and legislation? Because of the seismic impact of European thought (and classical traditions) on America's foremost founders, it should come as no surprise that some of the most basic documents in the emergent new Republic were significantly influenced by European writings. Subsequent studies will take up the same basic themes in American thought and events from the mid-19th century to the present period. The common denominator of legislation is seen to underlie their concepts of sovereignty and the state across a diverse range of isms such as utilitarianism, positivism, idealism, socialism, and nationalism, in the 19th century and in related neo and anti-neo forms in the 20th century. The organization and classification of these and other issues is on the whole novel and comprehensive. As various reviewers have indicated, nothing of this magnitude on the subjects at hand has ever before been attempted.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the U S Presidency written by Richard S. Conley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the development of the presidential office within the context of constitutional interpretations of presidential power and socio-political and economic developments, as well as foreign affairs events, from 1789-2015. It provides details on the men who have held the office, and biographies of vice presidents, unsuccessful candidates for the office, and noteworthy Supreme Court and other appointees. TheHistorical Dictionary of the U.S. Presidency contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on the development of the institution of the presidency, and details the personalities, domestic and foreign policy governing contexts, elections, party dynamics and significant events that have shaped the office from the Founding to the present day. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the U.S. Presidency.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the U S Constitution written by Richard S. Conley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Constitution covers the Founding of the American Republic and the Framers, the drafting of the Constitution, constitutional debates over ratification, and traces key events, Supreme Court chief justices, amendments, and Supreme Court cases regarding the interpretation of the Constitution from 1789-2016. The Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Constitution contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on key figures in the Founding, Supreme Court chief justices, explanations of the Articles and Amendments to the Constitution, and key Supreme Court cases. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the U.S. Constitution.
Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monthly Catalogue United States Public Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Secretary of the Senate from written by United States. Congress. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1984-04 with total page 1814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Presidents written by Neil A. Hamilton and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles of American presidents are listed in order of election to office. Includes personal and professional information, timelines of life, and unusual facts.
Download or read book Myths in Stone written by Jeffrey F. Meyer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-02-13 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an examination of Washington DC as a secular pilgrimage site. Meyer argues that the city was conceived and executed along various axes of power and influence that suggest the central and continually contested values that inform religious and civic beliefs.
Download or read book James Madison written by Neal Riemer and published by CQ-Roll Call Group Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the political theories of James Madison, describes the forces that shaped the Constitution, and looks at Madison's role in forming a new government.
Download or read book A Machine That Would Go of Itself written by Russell Fraser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen explores the U.S. Constitution's place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life, from ratification in 1788 to our own time. As he examines what the Constitution has meant to the American people (perceptions and misperceptions, uses and abuses, knowledge and ignorance), Kammen shows that although there are recurrent declarations of reverence most of us neither know nor fully understand our Constitution. How did this gap between ideal and reality come about? To explain it, Kammen examines the complex and contradictory feelings about the Constitution that emerged during its preparation and that have been with us ever since. He begins with our confusion as to the kind of Union we created, especially with regard to how much sovereignty the states actually surrendered to the central government. This confusion is the source of the constitutional crisis that led to the Civil War and its aftermath. Kammen also describes and analyzes changing perceptions of the differences and similarities between the British and American constitutions; turn-of-the-century debates about states' rights versus national authority; and disagreements about how easy or difficult it ought to be to amend the Constitution. Moving into the twentieth century, he notes the development of a "cult of the Constitution" following World War I, and the conflict over policy issues that persisted despite a shared commitment to the Constitution.
Download or read book Research Guide to American Historical Biography written by Robert Muccigrosso and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Description and evaluation of the most important secondary and primary sources for 452 American historical figures in all five volumes."--T.p. verso, v.5.
