false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223642840m/174071.jpg 174071 1 America's greatest political thinker, in the most comprehensive one-volume collection ever published<br><br>Over 200 years after the founding of the federal republic, James Madison remains the most important political thinker in American history. The prime framer of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Madison was also a brilliant expositor of the new republican government and its underlying principles. His eloquent and insightful writing on freedom of religion, freedom of speech and the press, the rights of minorities under majority rule, the role of the states in the federal system, and the separation of powers are central to American political thought and speak to the controversies of the present day. <br><br><i>James Madison: Writings</i> is the most comprehensive one-volume selection ever published. Arranged chronologically, it contains almost 200 documents written between 1772 and 1836. Included are all 29 of Madison's contributions to <i>The Federalist</i>, as well as speeches and letters that illuminate his central role in framing and ratifying the Constitution and in the adoption of the Bill of Rights; early writings on religious freedom; revealing correspondence with Jefferson, Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and James Monroe; his eloquent denunciations of the Alien and Sedition Acts; influential writings on republican government and constitutional interpretation; and candid private appraisals of the personalities and events he witnessed in four decades of public life. Writings from Madison's terms as secretary of state and president record his determination to uphold American independence during the conflicts of the Napoleonic era and his conscientious leadership of the nation during the fiercely controversial War of 1812. Letters and essays from his retirement reveal his deepening concern over the sectional threat to the federal union he loved. <br><br><i>James Madison: Writings</i> includes explanatory notes, a chronology of Madison's life, and an index. 168145 30 8 1999 James Madison: Writings: Writings 1772-1836 (Library of America) total:12|5:6|4:3|3:2|2:1|1:0| 12 50 36 0 174071 1883011663 9781883011666 12 0 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223642840m/174071.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/174071.James_Madison_Writings_Writings_1772_1836 5 0 false Tue Nov 10 09:29:03 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 09:29:03 -0800 2009 174071 1883011663 9781883011666 12 0 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223642840m/174071.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/174071.James_Madison_Writings_Writings_1772_1836 5 0 false Sat Oct 24 22:45:07 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 22:45:07 -0700 2009 174071 1883011663 9781883011666 12 0 4.17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223642840m/174071.jpg 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