| Author | Banning, Lance, 1942-
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| Title | The sacred fire of liberty : James Madison and the founding of the federal republic / Lance Banning.
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| Published | Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1995.
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| Description | x, 543 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| ISBN | 0-8014-3152-2 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-536) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Partial Contents: James Madison and the Nationalists, 1780-1783 -- The crisis of cenfederation government, 1783-1787 -- The crisis of republican convictions -- The Virginia Plan -- To perpetuate the Union -- The redeem the republication name -- "The practicable sphere of a republic": Madison, The Federalist, and the republication interpretation of the Constitution -- The Virginia ratifying convention -- Spanning the abyss: Madison, The Bill of Rights, and the inauguration of the Federal Republic -- The great divergence -- Opposition leader -- Retrospect and prospect -- Appendix: The personalities of "Publius".
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| Subjects | Constitutional history -- United States.
Madison, James, 1751-1836.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1797.
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| LC Card Number | 95-14369 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 342 B219
mq149446: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 86408] |
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