Business of May Next: James Madison and the Founding Paperback - 1993
by William Lee Miller
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"Good fortune offered this nation an unusual chance at ideal nation-forming and... some honorable leaders seized that chance", writes William Lee Miller in The Business of May Next, and none among the founders made more of the opportunity than did James Madison, subject of this engaging work. Madison is depicted during the critical years between 1784 and 1791, when he was so active in articulating the governmental aims of the fledgling nation that he sometimes found himself in official dialogue with himself. More than simply a historical and biographical account, the book traces Madison's political and theoretical development as a means of illuminating its larger theme, the moral and intellectual underpinnings of the American nation. With a sound grasp of his material and a refreshing style Miller reveals how Madison's research into republics and his influence on the writing of the Constitution are central to the values for which the nation stands. From an examination of Madison's notes, Miller traces Madison's early research into other republics and their weaknesses. He reveals how Madison's thinking shaped the Virginia Plan, which, in turn, shaped the United States Constitution and the nation's institutions. The author writes that Madison sought the strands of Republicanism in history and gave republican ideals new and lasting institutional expression. He shows how the making of republican institutions became a collaboration, and how the newly created institutions contained within themselves provision for their own continuing alteration and for the involvement and influence of collective humanity down through the years. Miller follows Madison through the Constitutional Convention("the business of May next") to the great national argument on behalf of the Constitution, notably through the Federalist papers. Of particular interest are his discussions of the constitutional deliberations over religious freedom and the institution of slavery.
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- Title Business of May Next: James Madison and the Founding
- Author William Lee Miller
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 296
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A
- Date 1993-11-29
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780813914909 / 0813914906
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 6.16 x 0.75 in (21.59 x 15.65 x 1.91 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Constitutional history - United States, Political science - United States - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91032785
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.5
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