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James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights (Pivotal Moments in American History)
Richard E. Labunski
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Description for James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights (Pivotal Moments in American History)
paperback. The untold story of the fiercely contested ratification of the United States Constitution, and how Founding Father James Madison defied his fellow Virginians who opposed the Constitution, to ensure that it, and the Bill of Rights, would bring the colonies together as a unified nation. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; LAZ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
Today we hold the Constitution in such high regard that we can hardly imagine how hotly contested was its adoption. In fact, many of the thirteen states saw fierce debate over the document, and ratification was by no means certain. Virginia, the largest and most influential state, approved the Constitution by the barest of margins, and only after an epic political battle between James Madison and Patrick Henry. Now Richard Labunski offers a dramatic account of a time when the entire American experiment hung in the balance, only to be saved by the most unlikely of heroes--the diminutive and exceedingly ... Read more
Today we hold the Constitution in such high regard that we can hardly imagine how hotly contested was its adoption. In fact, many of the thirteen states saw fierce debate over the document, and ratification was by no means certain. Virginia, the largest and most influential state, approved the Constitution by the barest of margins, and only after an epic political battle between James Madison and Patrick Henry. Now Richard Labunski offers a dramatic account of a time when the entire American experiment hung in the balance, only to be saved by the most unlikely of heroes--the diminutive and exceedingly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Pivotal Moments in American History
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195341423
SKU
V9780195341423
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About Richard E. Labunski
Richard Labunski is a professor in the School of Journalism and Telecommunications at the University of Kentucky. The author of four other books, he previously taught at the University of Washington and Penn State and worked for ten years in radio and television news.
Reviews for James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights (Pivotal Moments in American History)
A work interesting within its ambit, and capably carried off by Labunski.
Booklist
This is a hair-raising book. It shows how, at stage after stage, the fight to draft and ratify the Constitution, to draft and pass the Bill of Rights, could have failed. It proves again that the tiny Madison was a giant.
Garry Wills, Northwestern ... Read more
Booklist
This is a hair-raising book. It shows how, at stage after stage, the fight to draft and ratify the Constitution, to draft and pass the Bill of Rights, could have failed. It proves again that the tiny Madison was a giant.
Garry Wills, Northwestern ... Read more