TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meyerson,Michael
TI  - Liberty's blueprint: how Madison and Hamilton wrote the Federalist papers, defined the constitution, and made democracy safe for the world 
SN  - 9780465002641 (hc)
AV  - KF4520 .M49 2008
U1  - 342.7302/9 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - United States
KW  - Constitutional law
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-297) and index; "Testifying the esteem & regard" : an unlikely friendship -- "To cement the union" : sounding the call for a convention -- "Better than nothing" : the drafting of the constitution -- "Establishing good government from reflection and choice" : producing the Federalist -- "The head of a faction decidedly hostile to me" : the disintegration of a relationship -- "The most valuable disquisitions of government" : why and how to read the Federalist -- "The diseases most incident to Republican government" : appreciating Federalist 10 -- "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition": lessons on the separation of powers -- "A double security": lessons on federalism -- "The greatest of all reflections on human nature": lasting lessons
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2007035376-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/2007035376-d.html
UR  - http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0f7n5-aa
ER  -