Authors:Gaillard Hunt, James Madison, James Brown Scott,
Publisher: Lawbook Exchange
Keywords: constitution, framed, united, division, international, law, peace, america, federal, debates, states, convention
Number of Pages: 731
Published: 1999-04
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 1886363773
ISBN-13: 9781886363779

Madison, James. Hunt, Gaillard and James Brown Scott. The Debates in The Federal Convention of 1787 Which Framed the Constitution of the United States of America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1920. xcvii, [1], 731 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 98-51911. ISBN 1-886363-77-3. Cloth. $110. Part I contains the texts of the antecedents of the Federal Convention of 1787, including the Resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia... to Recommend a Plan for Regulating Commerce, Proceedings of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government... and biogr

Author: James Madison
Publisher: Library of America
Keywords: writings, america, library, james, madison
Number of Pages: 966
Published: 1999-08-30
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1883011663
ISBN-13: 9781883011666

America’s greatest political thinker, in the most comprehensive one-volume collection ever publishedOver 200 years after the founding of the federal republic, James Madison remains the most important political thinker in American history. The prime framer of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Madison was also a brilliant expositor of the new republican government and its underlying principles. His eloquent and insightful writing on freedom of religion, freedom of speech and the press, the rights of minorities under majority rule, the role of the states in the federal system, and t

Author: James H. Madison
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: history, state, way, indiana
Number of Pages: 364
Published: 1990-08-01
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 025320609X
ISBN-13: 9780253206091

This book covers the history of the Hoosier State from prehistoric times to the present, paying particular attention to the social, economic, cultural, and political contexts in which the state’s significant historical figures, both heroes and villains, played out their roles. Published by Indiana University Press and the Indiana Historical Society.

Author: James H. Madison
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: history, pages, documents, world, war
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2009-11-13
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 019533812X
ISBN-13: 9780195338126

World War II: A History in Documents illustrates the major themes and issues of the Second World War, including its causes, course, and consequences. Paying attention to both the European and Pacific Theaters--as well as to homefront and battle front issues--author James H. Madison blends discussions of diplomacy and strategy with insights into the lives of ordinary people around the world, including factory workers, soldiers, mothers, propagandists, political leaders, and survivors.Set in thoughtful contexts, these powerful and telling documents encourage students to compare different nations

Author: James H. Madison
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: midwestern, history, culture, states, heartland, histories, comparative
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 1988-04
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0253314232
ISBN-13: 9780253314239

"... an impressive collection of essays... gives as clear a picture of the Midwest as a whole as one is likely to get." -- Journal of American History"... excellent insight into how and why the midwest ticks so well in a unique beat of its own." -- South Bend Tribune"[Madison] can take a bow for a job well done." -- Indianapolis News"I found Heartland to be a treasure. Had I turned a dog-ear each time I read something worth remembering, the book would be in tatters.... a wonderful companion." -- Myron A. Marty, St. Louis Post-Dispatch"An ambitious book, full of insight, which provides a useful

Author: James H. Madison
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: world, war, woman, american, doughnuts, boys, slinging
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2007-08-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0253350476
ISBN-13: 9780253350473

Elizabeth Richardson was a Red Cross volunteer who worked in a Clubmobile unit during World War II until her death in a plane crash in July 1945. Her job was to provide free doughnuts and coffee, cigarettes and gum to American soldiers on duty in England, and later in France. More importantly, she and her colleagues provided a slice of home. They were American girls with whom soldiers could talk, flirt, dance, and perhaps find companionship. For the most part, the job was not hazardous--except when V-1 rockets rained down on London--but it required physical endurance as well as

Author: James H. Madison
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Keywords: internationalist, hoosier, willkie, wendell
Number of Pages: 210
Published: 1992-02-01
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 0253336198
ISBN-13: 9780253336194

"The 12 assessments of Wendell Willkie in this book are exceptionally well done. They are interesting reading about a most interesting man." -- The Coffeyville (KS) Journal"... a remarkable and useful compilation of essays... " -- Indiana Magazine of HistoryIndiana’s Wendell Willkie burst upon the national political scene in 1940 when, apparently out of nowhere, he won the Republican nomination for the presidency and ran against Franklin Roosevelt. After his defeat, he traveled widely and returned to write One World, which had a tremendous impact on the then-isolationist United States. "