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Genre/Form: | Personal correspondence Correspondence |
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Named Person: | Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; Thomas Jefferson; James Madison |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Lance Banning |
ISBN: | 0945612427 9780945612421 0945612486 9780945612483 |
OCLC Number: | 31329619 |
Description: | xiii, 241 pages ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | A declaration of essential rights -- "The earth belongs to the living": property and public debt in a republic -- Public spirit -- Documents. |
Series Title: | Merrill Jensen lectures in constitutional studies. |
Other Titles: | Jefferson & Madison |
Responsibility: | Lance Banning. |
Abstract:
Amidst the whirlwind of Revolution and nation-making, Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and Madison, father of the Constitution, engaged in a series of intellectual discussions on the nature of the American experiment. In this thought-provoking study, Lance Banning revisits the intellectual friendship between the two founders and pursues the lines of their debate in the light of two centuries of history. Banning examines Jefferson's and Madison's reflections on the purpose and need for a bill of rights, their discussion of the nature and necessity of "public spirit" in a republic, the usefulness of political rebellion, and upon Jefferson's reminder that "the earth belongs ... to the living." The author adds selected primary documents to enhance each chapter. This interchange of ideas between two of America's greatest thinkers spanned many years and reveals the way in which Jefferson and Madison thought about democracy, public debt, the ownership of property, and the relationship between the present and future generations. Banning provides a glimpse into the intellectual world of Jefferson and Madison, as well as insight into our own.
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Both Jefferson and Madison were concerned with problems that still face us-individual rights and the national debt. . . . [Banning's] target audience is not only scholars but Americans who feel that Jefferson and Madison are relevant today. * Library Journal * A well-crafted work of history that not only gives insight into the lives and thoughts of the two men but also stimulates thought about the public institutions they helped create. * Kirkus * Read more...
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