Bibliograph

Madison and Jefferson, Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

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Madison and Jefferson, Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [755]-780) and index

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collective biography

Illustrations

platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Madison and Jefferson

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

688480034

Responsibility statement

Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

Summary

The third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper and noble gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson's genius overshadowing James Madison's judgment and common sense. But in this revelatory book, both leaders are seen as men of their times, ruthless and hardboiled operatives in a gritty world of primal politics where they struggled for supremacy for more than fifty years

Table Of Contents

The Virginians, 1774-1776 -- On the defensive, 1776-1781 -- Partners apart, 1782-1786 -- The division of power, 1787 -- The addition of rights, 1788-1789 -- The pathological decade and beyond -- Attachments and resentments, 1790-1792 -- Party spirit, 1793 -- The effects of whiskey on reputation, 1794-1795 -- Danger, real or pretended, 1796-1799 -- Inhaling republicanism, 1800-1802 -- Signs of a restless future -- The embryo of a great empire, 1803-1804 -- Years of schism, days of dread, 1805-1808 -- Road to war, 1809-1812 -- Road out of war, 1813-1816 -- Madison lives to tell the tale, 1817-1836 -- Legacy -- Thawing out the historical imagination

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