Power versus Liberty : Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson
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Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American Republic.
Power versus Liberty reconstructs a four-way conversation--sometimes respectful, sometimes shrill--that touched on the most important issues facing the new nation: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, federal authority versus states' rights, freedom of the press, the controversial Bank of the United States, the relation between nationalism and democracy, and the elusive meaning of "the consent of the governed."
ISBN
9780813919119 9780813919126
Publication Date
2000
Publisher
University Press of Virginia
City
Charlottesville, VA
Disciplines
American Politics | Political Science
Recommended Citation
Read, James H. 2000. Power versus liberty: Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia.