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010 _a2010005884
020 _a9781400067282
050 0 0 _aE332.2
_b.B864 2010
082 0 0 _a973.46 BUR
100 1 _aBurstein, Andrew
245 1 0 _aMadison and Jefferson
_c/ Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York
_b: Random House
_c, c2010.
300 _axxvii, 809 p., [8] p. of plates
_b: ill., map
_c; 25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [755]-780) and index.
505 0 _aThe Virginians, 1774-1776 -- On the defensive, 1776-1781 -- Partners apart, 1782-1786 -- The division of power, 1787 -- The addition of rights, 1788-1789 -- The pathological decade and beyond -- Attachments and resentments, 1790-1792 -- Party spirit, 1793 -- The effects of whiskey on reputation, 1794-1795 -- Danger, real or pretended, 1796-1799 -- Inhaling republicanism, 1800-1802 -- Signs of a restless future -- The embryo of a great empire, 1803-1804 -- Years of schism, days of dread, 1805-1808 -- Road to war, 1809-1812 -- Road out of war, 1813-1816 -- Madison lives to tell the tale, 1817-1836 -- Legacy -- Thawing out the historical imagination.
520 _aThe third and fourth presidents have long been considered proper and noble gentlemen, with Thomas Jefferson's genius overshadowing James Madison's judgment and common sense. But in this revelatory book, both leaders are seen as men of their times, ruthless and hardboiled operatives in a gritty world of primal politics where they struggled for supremacy for more than fifty years.
600 1 0 _aJefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
600 1 0 _aMadison, James
_d(, 1751-1836)
650 4 _aPresidents
_z-United States
_v--Biography
651 0 _aUnited States
_x--Politics and government
700 1 _aIsenberg, Nancy
942 _cMO
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