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1. James Madison, a biography in his own words. Edited by Merrill D. Peterson, with an introd. by Robert A. Rutland. Joan Paterson Kerr, picture editor - [Complete in two volumes] by James (1751-1836). Peterson, Merrill D., ed. Madison | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1974)
Asin: B000VZJXB6 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
2. James Madison, 1751-1836: Chronology-Documents-Bibliographical Ai Ds. (Oceana Presidential Chronology Series, 18) by James Madison | |
Hardcover: 115
Pages
(1969-06)
list price: US$10.00 Isbn: 0379120682 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
3. James Madison 1751-1836: A brief biographical sketch by Carlton B Smith | |
Unknown Binding: 28
Pages
(1986)
Asin: B00070TVZ8 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
4. The Federalist, on the new Constitution; written in 1788 by Alexander (1757-1804). Madison, James (1751-1836). Jay, John (1745-1829) Hamilton | |
Hardcover:
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(1818)
Asin: B000JVB05E Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
5. Patent for Wool Spinning and Roping Invention; Signed by James Madison as president and James Monroe as Secretary of State. by James (1751-1836); James Monroe (1758-1831) Madison | |
Unbound:
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(1815)
Asin: B000OCU8JC Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
6. James Madison and the American Nation 1751-1836: An Encyclopedia. by Robert A. (ed) Rutland | |
Hardcover: 450
Pages
(1994)
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A must have for Madison researchers! Kenneth Clark, President |
7. James Madison: Writings: Writings 1772-1836 (Library of America) by James Madison | |
Hardcover: 966
Pages
(1999-08-30)
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James Madison: Writings: Writings 1772-1836 (Library of America)
One way to approach this book and others in the Library of America
Constitutional Questions?
James Madison Speaks for Himself The Library of America's series of writings by America's Founders -- including Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton and many others besides the book of James Madison's writings -- are longer and more difficult to read.They consist of original texts with only the slightest endnotes and historical chronology.(In this book of Madison's writings, the historical chrononogy is excellent)The disadvantage, if that is the correct word, of the Library of American's series is that reading these books takes substantial effort and digging.In addition, it is difficult to stop with one book, as each collection relates to and requires and understanding of the work of the other Founders.The advantage these books offer, though, can't be found anywhere else.They offer a chance to meet and encounter American's Founders in their own words and on their own terms and to see the development of their thoughts over time. James Madison (1751-1836) was probably America's greatest political thinker.His career spanned the Revolutionary War, the formation of the Articles of the Confederation, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, the creation of party in America, the Louisiana Purchase, and the War of 1812, which occurred during his Presidency. The Library of America's collection of over 900 pages offers a rare opportunity to read in one place the major writings of James Madison.It allows the reader an opportunity to assess his importance and to see the themes Madison developed throughout his life. A major contribution of Madison was his insistence on freedom of religion in the United States and his opposition to any established sect.These theme pervades this volume from the Amendments Madison proposed to the Virginia declaration of rights in 1776, through the Bill of Rights, Madison's Presidency, and beyond. Madison was also the architect of representative government.He was a member of the Constitutional Convention and took copious notes of its proceedings.He was the major draftsman of the Constitution.He spoke for both a strong National government and for representative government -- in which the people chose their leaders. Together with Alexander Hamilton, Madison wrote the Federalist papers which explained the Constitution to the people of New York but in a larger sense to the United States in his day and in succeeding days as well.This collaboration was significant in that Madison and Hamilton would later quarrel and be the founders of the party system.Madison and Jefferson spoke for what has become the Democratic Party (the "democracy) with its emphasis at the time on individual rights and participatory democracy and a narrow reading of Federal power while Hamilton became the spokseman for a strong central government and for economic development. The book chronicle's Madison's efforts in supporting and drafting the Bill of Rights.Subsequently, Madison wrote a lengthy article for the State of Virginia expressing opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts that Congress enacted during the Presidency of John Adams.The opposition was based on the inconsistency of the act with the freedom of speech set forth in the First Amendment and to the lack of authority for these Acts in the original constitution. The book has comparatively little on Madison's career as Secretary of State under Thomas Jefferson and on Madison's own relatively unsuccessful Presidency during the War of 1812. Upon leaving the Presidency, Madison enjoyed a long retirement at Montpelier.This collection gives a good view of Madison's continued activity during this time.It discusses his views on slavery and on the impending Missouri compromise (Madison opposed it -- an opposition that would haunt the United States in the later Dred Scott decision) and on Judicial Supremacy -- the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional.(Madison agreed the Court had this power but he disagreed with the way Chief Justice Marshall used it.) One of the final items in this book is a short, two paragraph article entitled "Advice to my Country" written 1n 1834 as a parting before Madison's death.Looking at the impending conflict between North and South, but speaking to our time as well Madison wrote: "The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated." This is an important wish for our country now as then. This book will repay reading and study.The study of our Founders is, I think, one of the best ways to learn to love and understand our country.
Enormous selection and chronology |
8. James Madison and the American Nation 1751-1836: An Encyclopedia. | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1994)
Asin: B000ICES76 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
9. James Madison and the American Nation 1751-1836: An Encyclopedia by Robert A. Rutland;Editor In Chief | |
Hardcover:
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(1994)
Asin: B000OLLIR4 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
10. Selected Writings of James Madison (American Heritage Series) by James Madison | |
Paperback: 396
Pages
(2006-09-30)
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11. Father of the Constitution: A Story About James Madison (Creative Minds Biographies) by Barbara Mitchell | |
Hardcover: 64
Pages
(2003-09)
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12. The Last of the Fathers: James Madison & The Republican Legacy by Drew R. McCoy | |
Paperback: 406
Pages
(1991-06-28)
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Overly sympathetic, thus distorted
Madison, his followers, the constitution, nullification and slavery.
too much citing
an informative study Madison, of course, opposed slavery, but had great fears about the dangers of emancipation, and thus ended up endorsing colonization, a position now long since discredited.McCoy's treatment of this issue is insightful and relevant to any discussion of the later sectional crisis. The contradiction between slavery and the principles of American republicanism were real, as Madison understood very well, and ultimately were more or less resolved in the kind of war that Madison had feared. Madison's concerns about the importance of public support for education, and the opportunities and dangers of industrialization and unemployment reveal a man both principled and pragmatic in his approach to new developments in the rapidly growing Republic. McCoy shows us an intellectually vigorous Madison who was skeptical about human nature, committed to republican institutions, and alert to the need to accommodate the new realities created by social and economic change. In McCoy's treatment, Madison was a principled thinker, but never an ideologue who might prefer the consistency of a philosophical system over the experience of reality. McCoy's chapter on Madison's view of the 1832-1833 nullification crisis is also especially informative.Although Madison is often cited as a supporter of state nullification, based on a careless reading of his 1798 Virginia Resolution (that is often paired with Jefferson's more explicitly nullificationist 1798 Kentucky Resolution), in fact Madison was opposed to the South Carolina anti-tariff movement, and argued that while high tariffs might be a bad idea, they were not unconstitutional -- indeed, "no great constitutional question" was involved. Worse, according to McCoy, Madison feared that the logic of nullification would lead to "a rupture of the Union; a Southern confederacy; mutual enmity with the Northern; the most dreadful animosities and border wars, springing from the case of slaves; rival alliances abroad; standing armies at home, to be supported by internal taxes; and federal Governments, with powers of a more consolidating and monarchical tendency than the greatest jealousy has charged on the existing systems" (Madison, quoted in McCoy, p. 134). The book is well-documented from primary sources -- especially letters and personal papers -- but it would be nice if McCoy had included at the conclusion a complete bibliography, along with some commentary on how his findings related to the current literature on Madison, but that is a quibble; this is not a doctoral dissertation but a serious study, accessible to the ordinary reader, of a key founder of the Republic whose adult life spanned the colonial period in the 1770s though the Jacksonian era in the 1830s. Madison, for all his strengths and limitations, remains one of the great political thinkers in American, and indeed, world, history.He is justly seen as the father of the Constitution.This book is a great introduction to the ideas and experience of "the last of the fathers."
The Last of the Fathers The Father of the Constitution out lived both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by 10 years and saw the new government he had worked hard to preserve, now threatened.Slavery was only one of his worries...Madison sought to stabilize a fragile system of politics that threatened to crack the national unity. Madison was a shy man, but when the time arose he was a most ardent supporter of the republican faith.People asked Madison on how to fashion their government... he inturn would espouse the need for the study of history.The history of the founding and the ideals that sprung forth to birth a great nation. This approach moved him away from the mainstream of public attention, all along wanting the public attention to focus on the nation as a whole. This book is a good study into Madison the man, from his early days as a young Revolutionary to his last years caught in the moral dilemma of abolitionism and proslavery arguments.Later in our history we shall see Madison's thoughts come to life. We read a lot of Madison's letters on these subjects and others, thereby giving us a good look into Madison the man... character and temperament struggling to resolve these issues. If one is into reading about the Founding Fathers and their times, thoughts and tribulations; this is a good book to read.I found this book to be interesting with good flowing narative, well documented and useful. Read it and enjoy... I did ... Read more |
13. James Madison's "Advice to My Country" by James Madison | |
Hardcover: 119
Pages
(1997-04)
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Madison's advice to his country
Insightful |
14. James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic (Library of American Biography Series) (3rd Edition) by Jack Rakove | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(2006-04-02)
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Editorial Review Book Description In James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack Rakove examines the life and legacy of one of the founding fathers of the United States. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times. Clear and concise, this biography considers Madison’s life in the larger context of revolutionary and early America. James Madison, Continental Congress, The Revolutionary War, The War of 1812, The American Presidency Readers interested in James Madison, the early American Presidency, and/or the founding of the United States. Customer Reviews (7)
Wonderful!
I need an advil
Biography of a Man and his Ideas
Fine book impossibly packaged
A very well-written short biography of Madison |
15. James Madison's Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787 and Their Relation to a More Perfect Society of Nations by James Brown Scott, James Madison | |
Hardcover: 149
Pages
(2001-09)
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16. The Presidency of James Madison (American Presidency Series) by Robert Allen Rutland | |
Hardcover: 240
Pages
(1990-04)
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Editorial Review Book Description In this study of the fourth presidency distinguished historian Robert Rutland paints a more complicated portrait. Rutland, former editor-in-chief of the Madison Papers, sees Madison as a bookish, practical statesman who worked furiously to avoid conflicts in his cabinet and in Congress. When he finally realized England would not be swayed by economic pressure, he boldly led the nation into a second war for independence that allowed the United States to emerge with a renewed sense of dignity and purpose. Rutland's lively narrative covers all major events of the Madison administration, including the War of 1812 and the push for national expansion. It provides a fresh interpretation not only of the contribution of Madison's presidency, but also of the "master builder of the Constitution" himself. Madison emerges neither as the weakling painted by Henry Adams nor as a demigod, but rather as a man who attempted to be the president envisioned at the Constitutional Convention and who achieved his highest priority, to strengthen the Union. This book is part of the American Presidency Series. Customer Reviews (1)
An account of a nation becoming an international power |
17. James Madison: The Founding Father by Robert Allen Rutland | |
Paperback: 287
Pages
(1997-09)
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Too brief to be interesting
A New View Of James Madison
James Madison just wasn't cool...
Falls Short The book deals with the major issues of Madison's political life, often in too minute detail, but does not satisfy the biographical aspects of his life. There is absolutely no mention, for example, of Madison's birth date, or even the year he was born in! Further, the book failed completely to engage me. I set it aside for weeks at a time before I finally finished if off, despite its modest size.
A guy who peaked early |
18. From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the Constitution by Robert A. Goldwin | |
Paperback: 250
Pages
(1997-06)
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A Great Explanation
Lacks Critical Analysis of Madison's Ideas Goldwin argues that Madison's principal purpose in proposing the Bill of Rights was political. Madison, Goldwin says, was concerned about Anti-Federalist opposition to the Constitution and the risk that the Anti-Federalists would succeed in calling a second constitutional convention that might undo all of the important structural features of the Constitution. Goldwin believes that Madison hoped to steal the Anti-Federalists' thunder by offering amendments whose substance was uncontroversial, but whose inclusion would help solidify support for the new Constitution in a public that was still nervous about the way it centralized national power. Goldwin reinforces his argument about Madison's political motivations by suggesting that Madison regarded a Bill of Rights as being practically useless in preventing governments from encroaching on the liberties of its citizens. Instead, according to the author, Madison thought that the structural elements of the Constitution (separation of powers, bicameral legislature, etc.) afforded the best mechanism for securing rights against infringement by the majority. Goldwin goes so far as to suggest repeatedly that Madison was willing to propose a Bill of Rights precisely because he believed it would "leave the original Constitution unchanged . . . ." (p. 101; see also p. 153). Goldwin may be right about Madison's political motivations in proposing a Bill of Rights; others have drawn similar conclusions. But the author's positive assessment of Madison's ideas about the intrinsic inefficacy of a Bill of Rights is unpersuasive. If Madison truly believed that including specific restraints on governmental power in a written constitution would do little directly to advance the cause of freedom, and that the Constitution as originally written would serve those ends well, in my view he was fundamentally mistaken. It is certainly true that the will of the majority would be frustrated less often if we had no Bill of Rights, or if the Judiciary had no power to enforce its provisions. But it is precisely for that reason that the freedoms set forth in the Bill of Rights would have been less secure if they had never been made a part of the Constitution. In light of the widely held contemporary view that the Bill of Rights is an essential (even if sometimes misused) restraint on governmental power, this book would have been better if, instead of uncritically praising Madison's contrary view, Goldwin had subjected it to searching analysis. Madison's view of the role of the judiciary in enforcing the Bill of Rights, a subject not even broached in this book, would in my view be central to such an analysis. Raoul Berger pointed out in an article written several years ago that during the debates over the ratification of the original Constitution in Virginia, Madison joined John Marshall (who later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) in maintaining that the Judiciary had this power. And in his speech to the First Congress proposing a Bill of Rights, Madison (echoing Jefferson's sentiments in a letter written to him from France) asserted that "independent tribunals of justice will consider themselves in a peculiar manner the guardians of those rights." Madison's support for some form of judicial review is also evidenced in statements he made in the Philadelphia Convention and in The Federalist Nos. 39 and 44. Since Madison believed that the courts would have a large responsibility for enforcing the Bill of Rights, then a question which needs to be addressed is why he nevertheless regarded the amendments as a mere "parchment barrier." And what makes the other, structural elements of the Constitution which Madison looked to as the main protector of our liberties (e.g., separation of powers, limitation of Congress to enumerated powers) anything more than "parchment barriers" themselves? Finally, it would have been useful to consider not only what Madison thought immediately before and after the formation of the Constitution, but also the extent to which his views may have changed as he observed the Constitution in operation over the course of his long political career. I also think that Goldwin's insistence that both the Federalists (including Madison) and the Anti-Federalists believed that the Amendments "changed nothing in the Constitution" (p. 177) is misleading. This characterization not only distorts the views of both groups and obscures their important philosophic differences, but also trivializes the subtantive import of the Bill of Rights. How can it be said, for example, that the privilege against self-incrimination set forth in the Fifth Amendment "changed nothing," when in its absence Congress would have been able to compel the defendant to testify in a federal criminal proceeding? ... Read more |
19. The Political Philosophy of James Madison (The Political Philosophy of the American Founders) by Garrett Ward Sheldon | |
Hardcover: 160
Pages
(2000-10-17)
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Editorial Review Book Description Among the founders, James Madison wielded the greatest influence in drafting the Constitution of 1789. In this book, Garrett Ward Sheldon offers a concise synthesis of Madison's political philosophy in the context of the social and political history of his day. Tracing the history of Madison's thought to his early education in Protestant theology, Sheldon argues that it was a fear of the potential "tyranny of the majority" over individual rights, along with a firmly Calvinist suspicion of the motives of sinful men, that led him to support a constitution creating a strong central government with power over state laws. In this way, Madison aimed to protect individual liberties and provide checks to "spiteful" human interests and selfish parochial prejudices. Among the topics Sheldon covers are Madison's Princeton education, his contributions to the Federalist Papers, his arguments in defense of states' rights on behalf of Virginia, his views on federal power during his terms as secretary of state and president, and, in his later years, his defense of the Union against those Southerners who advocated nullification. Customer Reviews (2)
Unexplored Avenues
Stimulating Treatise |
20. James Madison (Presidents) by Neil D. Bramwell | |
Library Binding: 48
Pages
(2003-06)
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