Madison & Jefferson
By: Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg.
Contributors: Isenberg, Nancy.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 809
ISBN-13: 9781400067282
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Friends and associates; Madison, James, -- 1751-1836 -- Friends and associates; Founding Fathers of the United States -- Biography; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
Genres: Biography
Other titles: Madison and Jefferson
Description: The 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Virginians, 1774-1776; title: On the defensive, 1776-1781; title: Partners apart, 1782-1786; title: The division of power, 1787; title: The addition of rights, 1788-1789; title: The pathological decade and beyond; title: Attachments and resentments, 1790-1792; title: Party spirit, 1793; title: The effects of whiskey on reputation, 1794-1795; title: Danger, real or pretended, 1796-1799; title: Inhaling republicanism, 1800-1802; title: Signs of a restless future; title: The embryo of a great empire, 1803-1804; title: Years of schism, days of dread, 1805-1808; title: Road to war, 1809-1812; title: Road out of war, 1813-1816; title: Madison lives to tell the tale, 1817-1836; title: Legacy; title: Thawing out the historical imagination.