| Federalist Papers Contributor(s): Hamilton, Alexander (Author), Madison, James (Author), Jay, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553213407 ISBN-13: 9780553213409 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 1982 Annotation: Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated, and open to often controversial interpretations, the arguments first presented here by three of America' s greatest patriots and political theorists were created during a critical moment in our nation' s history, providing readers with a running ideological commentary on the crucial issues facing democracy. Today The Federalist Papers are as important and vital a rallying cry for freedom as ever. This edition features the original eighteenth-century text, with James Madison' s fascinating marginal notations, as well as a complete text of the Constitution. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Constitutions - History | Africa - South - General - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
| Dewey: 342.73 |
| Lexile Measure: 1450 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 4.2" W x 6.95" (0.66 lbs) 624 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated, and open to often controversial interpretations, the arguments first presented here by three of America's greatest patriots and political theorists were created during a critical moment in our nation's history, providing readers with a running ideological commentary on the crucial issues facing democracy. Today The Federalist Papers are as important and vital a rallying cry for freedom as ever. This edition features the original eighteenth-century text, with James Madison's fascinating marginal notations, as well as a complete text of the Constitution. |