Bibliograph

James Madison and the search for nationhood, by Robert A. Rutland ; Conover Hunt Jones and Kym S. Rice, guest curators

Type

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James Madison and the search for nationhood, by Robert A. Rutland ; Conover Hunt Jones and Kym S. Rice, guest curators

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174)

resource.biographical

individual biography

resource.governmentPublication

federal national government publication

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

James Madison and the search for nationhood

Nature of contents

bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

8005166

Responsibility statement

by Robert A. Rutland ; Conover Hunt Jones and Kym S. Rice, guest curators

Summary

At long last, James Madison has his memorial on Capitol Hill, and in this grand Library building. As the bicentennial of the framing of our Constitution approaches, here we provide monumental evidence that our nation has not forgotten the chief architect and advocate of our still-vital Constitution. Historians will probably agree that James Madison was less effective as a politician than as a statesman, a scholar, and a political philosopher. If the politician must have his eye on the next election, and the statesman on the next generation, this Library, invigorated by the quiet scholarly spirit of Madison, can remind us of the vistas of the past, and future, generations. - Foreword

Table Of Contents

Lenders to the exhibition -- Chronology -- The search for nationhood. Introduction -- The Virginia heritage -- From confederation to union -- The emergence of nationhood -- Selected readings

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