The Federalist Papers by James Madison (English) Paperback Book

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Written at a time when furious arguments are raging about the best way to govern America, this title aims of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. It makes a case for power-sharing between State and Federal authorities and for a Constitution that has endured largely unchanged for two hundred years.

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Penguin Classics relaunchWritten at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, The Federalist Papers had the immediate pratical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely successful, but their influence also transcended contemporary debate to win them a lasting place in discussions of American political theory. Acclaimed by Thomas Jefferson as 'the best commentary on the principles of government which ever was written', The Federalist Papers make a powerful case for power-sharing between State and Federal authorities and for a Constitution that has endured largely unchanged for two hundred years.

Author Biography

Isaac Kramnick is Professor of Government at Cornell and introduced the new edition of Democracy in America for Penguin Classics.

Excerpt from Book

The Federalist No. 1: Hamilton October 27, 1787 To the People of the State of New York. After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting Federal Government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences, nothing less than the existence of the Union, the safety and welfare of the parts of which it is composed, the fate of an empire, in many respects, the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions, on accident and force. If there be any truth in the remark, the crisis, at which we are arrived, may with propriety be regarded as the

Details ISBN0140444955 Author Isaac Kramnick Pages 528 Language English ISBN-10 0140444955 ISBN-13 9780140444957 Media Book Year 1987 Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Isaac Kramnick Illustrations index Birth 1751 Death 1836 Edition 1st Audience Age 14-18 Format Paperback Short Title FEDERALIST PAPERS REV/E Edition Description Revised DOI 10.1604/9780140444957 UK Release Date 1987-04-30 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date 1987-04-30 Alternative 9780141908168 DEWEY 342.73029 Audience General NZ Release Date 2003-09-24 AU Release Date 2003-09-24 We've got this

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