Jefferson, Madison, and the Making of the Constitution

by Jeff Broadwater

Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and James Madison, "Father of the Constitution," were two of the most important Founders of the United States as well as the closest of political allies. Yet historians have often seen a tension between the idealistic rhetoric of the Declaration and the more pedestrian language of the Constitution. Moreover, to some, the adoption of the Constitution represented a repudiation of the democratic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469651017
• ISBN13: 9781469651019
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 9.5"