The Bill of Rights
The Fight to Secure America's Liberties
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Carol Berkin
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Revered today for articulating America's founding principles, the first 10 amendments - the Bill of Rights - were in fact a political stratagem executed by James Madison to preserve the Constitution, the federal government, and the latter's authority over the states.
In 1789, the young nation faced a great ideological divide around a question still unanswered today: Should broad power and authority reside in the federal government, or should it reside in state governments? The Bill of Rights was a political ploy first and matter of principle second. How and why Madison came to devise this plan, the divisive debates it fostered in the Congress, and its ultimate success in defeating antifederalist counterplans to severely restrict the powers of the federal government is more engrossing than any of the myths that shroud our national beginnings.
The debate over the founding fathers' original intent continues to this day. By pulling back the curtain on the political, shortsighted, and self-interested intentions of the founding fathers in passing the Bill of Rights, Carol Berkin reveals the inherent weakness in these arguments and what it means for our country today.
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The Three Lives of James Madison
- Genius, Partisan, President
- De: Noah Feldman
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 34 h y 12 m
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Over the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, led the struggle for its adoption and ratification, then drafted the Bill of Rights. As an older, cannier politician, he cofounded the original Republican party, setting the course of American political partisanship. Finally, having pioneered a foreign policy based on economic sanctions, he took the United States into a high-risk conflict, becoming the first wartime president and, despite the odds, winning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cogently organized, meticulously balanced
- De Diana Black Kennedy en 06-15-18
De: Noah Feldman
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Patrick Henry
- Champion of Liberty
- De: Jon Kukla
- Narrado por: Paul Woodson
- Duración: 17 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Born in 1736, Patrick Henry was an attorney and a planter and an outstanding orator in the movement for independence. A contemporary of Washington, Henry stood with John and Samuel Adams among the leaders of the colonial resistance to Great Britain that ultimately created the United States. The first governor of Virginia after independence, he was reelected several times. After declining to attend the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Henry opposed the Constitution, arguing that it granted too much power to the central government.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Long awaited biography of Patrick Henry
- De GallowsJudge en 11-18-17
De: Jon Kukla
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Madison's Gift
- Five Partnerships That Built America
- De: David Stewart
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 14 h y 29 m
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Short, plain, balding, neither soldier nor orator, low on charisma and high on intelligence, Madison cared more about achieving results than taking the credit. To reach his lifelong goal of a self-governing constitutional republic, he blended his talents with those of key partners. It was Madison who led the drive for the Constitutional Convention and pressed for an effective new government as his patron George Washington lent the effort legitimacy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history of our nation's founding
- De JJay en 02-23-15
De: David Stewart
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Plain, Honest Men
- The Making of the American Constitution
- De: Richard Beeman
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 19 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 213
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The Constitutional Convention affected nothing less than a revolution in the nature of the American government. Led by James Madison, a small cohort of delegates devised a plan that would radically alter the balance of power between state and national governments, and then sprung that idea on a largely unsuspecting convention.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Grand Narrative
- De Maddie49 en 10-12-11
De: Richard Beeman
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The Summer of 1787
- De: David O Stewart
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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David O. Stewart presents this well-researched account of the U.S. Constitution's creation not as a dry analysis of events, but as a high-powered narrative filled with dramatic intensity and larger-than-life historical figures.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well done!
- De Alan en 04-20-17
De: David O Stewart
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers
- De: Brion McClanahan Ph. D.
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 390
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Here to rescue the reputations of our Founding Fathers from the plague of modern political correctness is The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers. Author and Professor Brion McClanahan shows how patriots like Franklin, Madison, and Hamilton laid the foundations of American civil liberty and had a better understanding of the problems facing us today than our current Congress.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly Recommended
- De Colleen H. en 08-13-09
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James Madison
- A Life Reconsidered
- De: Lynne Cheney
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
- Duración: 18 h y 37 m
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A major new biography of the fourth US president, from New York Times best-selling author Lynne Cheney. James Madison was a true genius of the early republic, the leader who did more than any other to create the nation we know today. This majestic new biography tells his story. Outwardly reserved, Madison was the intellectual driving force behind the Constitution. His visionary political philosophy was a crucial factor behind the Constitution’s ratification, and his political savvy was of major importance in getting the new government underway.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great man, great ideas, muddling book
- De NDFletch en 06-13-15
De: Lynne Cheney
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Thomas Jefferson
- De: R. B. Bernstein
- Narrado por: Phil Holland
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 53
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia". It is in this simple epitaph that R. B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder - not as a great political figure, but as leader of "a revolution of ideas that would make the world over again". In Thomas Jefferson, Bernstein offers the definitive short biography of this revered American - the first concise life in six decades. Bernstein deftly synthesizes the massive scholarship on his subject into a swift, insightful, evenhanded account.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In-Depth and Interesting
- De Sarahi Nieves en 04-24-19
De: R. B. Bernstein
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James Madison and the Making of America
- De: Kevin R. C. Gutzman
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 15 h y 52 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 145
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 127
In James Madison and the Making of America, historian Kevin Gutzman looks beyond the way James Madison is traditionally seen - as "The Father of the Constitution” - to find a more complex and sometimes contradictory portrait of this influential Founding Father and the ways in which he influenced the spirit of today's United States.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not a traditional biography
- De David en 12-14-12
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Without Precedent
- Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
- De: Joel Richard Paul
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 17 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 467
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No member of America's founding generation had a greater impact on the Constitution and the Supreme Court than John Marshall, and no one did more to preserve the delicate unity of the fledgling United States. From the nation's founding in 1776 and for the next 40 years, Marshall was at the center of every political battle. As Chief Justice of the United States - the longest-serving in history—he established the independence of the judiciary and the supremacy of the federal Constitution and courts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Scholarly and Accessible
- De Diana Black Kennedy en 03-01-18
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Ratification
- The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788
- De: Pauline Maier
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 23 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 111
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 112
When the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia adjourned late in the summer of 1787, the delegates returned to their states to report on the new Constitution, which had to be ratified by specially elected conventions in at least nine states. Pauline Maier recounts the dramatic events of the ensuing debate in homes, taverns, and convention halls, drawing generously on the speeches and letters of founding fathers, both familiar and forgotten, on all sides.
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4 out of 5 stars
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History Always Repeats
- De Howard en 08-27-11
De: Pauline Maier
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James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights
- De: Richard Labunski
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 220
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Richard Labunski offers a dramatic account of a time when the entire American experiment hung in the balance, only to be saved by the most unlikely of heroes, the diminutive and exceedingly shy James Madison. Here is a vividly written account of not one, but several major political struggles that changed the course of American history.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Tedious
- De Adam Smith en 04-19-10
De: Richard Labunski
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Washington and Hamilton
- The Alliance That Forged America
- De: Stephen F. Knott, Tony Williams
- Narrado por: Ron Butler
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 40
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In the wake of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers faced a daunting task: overcome their competing visions to build a new nation, the likes of which the world had never seen. Washington and Hamilton chronicles the unlikely collaboration between two conflicting characters working together to protect their hard-won freedoms. Yet while Washington and Hamilton's different personalities often led to fruitful collaboration, their conflicting ideals also tested the boundaries of their relationship - and threatened the future of the new republic.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Biography
- De Emily en 06-14-18
De: Stephen F. Knott, y otros
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The Fiery Trial
- Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
- De: Eric Foner
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 18 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 520
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Eric Foner gives us the definitive history of Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery in America. Foner's Lincoln emerges as a leader, one whose greatness lies in his capacity for moral and political growth through real engagement with allies and critics alike. This powerful work will transform our understanding of the nation's greatest president and the issue that mattered most.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book about a Monstrous Injustice
- De Cynthia en 07-29-13
De: Eric Foner
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A Leap in the Dark
- The Struggle to Create the American Republic
- De: John Ferling
- Narrado por: Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff
- Duración: 23 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
It was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought. Now comes a brilliant portrait of the American Revolution, one that is compelling in its prose, fascinating in its details, and provocative in its fresh interpretations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved every minute!
- De Richard en 03-03-15
De: John Ferling