Founding friendship : George Washington, James Madison, and the creation of the American republic
A study of the collaboration between George Washington and James Madison, which launched the American experiment in republican government. It argues that the two men struggled to conceptualise a framework that would respond to the majority without violating minority rights.
eBook, English, ©1999
University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, ©1999
Electronic books
1 online resource (x, 284 pages) : illustrations
9780585120980, 9780813929125, 0585120986, 0813929121
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Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Winning Independence
Chapter 2: Improving Rivers and Friendships
Chapter 3: Framing and Ratifying the Constitution
Chapter 4: Washington's "Prime Minister"
Chapter 5: Friendship Tested
Chapter 6: Founding Washington, D.C
Chapter 7: Four More Years
Chapter 8: "Neutrality"
Chapter 9: Domestic Order and Disorder
Chapter 10: Estrangement and Farewell
Epilogue
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index