The Federalist The Essential Essays, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay

by Rakove, Jack N.

• ISBN13: 9780312247324
• ISBN10: 031224732X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-03
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

Considered the United States' greatest contribution to the "canon" of western political theory,The Federalistis a series of 85 essays first published between the early fall of 1787 and the spring of 1788 supporting the ratification of the Constitution. In a new edition of this work, Jack Rakove presents the most critical and frequently assignedFederalistessays with an introduction to current scholarly thinking about the Constitution and the role these essays played in its adoption. Headnotes for each essay help identify the specific arguments being made in response to Anti-Federalist concerns, making the collection's import more readily apparent to students. Related writings by Hamilton and Madison help set theFederalistin historical context.

Author Biography

Jack Rakove is the W. R. Coe Professor of History and American Studies and professor of political science at Stanford University, where he has taught since 1980. He is the author of four books: The Beginnings of National Politics: An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress (1979); James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic (revised edition, 2001); Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (1996), which won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in history; and Declaring Rights: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford/St. Martin's, 1997). He has also contributed essays and articles to numerous scholarly collections, law reviews, and newspapers. In 1998 he testified at the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearings on the background and history of impeachment and has served as a consultant and expert witness in the recent litigation over the use of sampling procedures in the decennial federal census.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

The Road to Philadelphia

The Authors

The Federal Convention

The Struggle for Ratification

The Federalist Response and the Response ofThe Federalist

ReadingThe Federalist

Selected Federalist Papers

Federalist Papers 1, 6, 10, 14, 15, 23, 32, 33, 37, 39, 42, 45-51, 53, 54, 62-64, 70-72, 75, 78, 81, 84, 85

Related Documents

Alexander Hamilton, Conjectures about the New Constitution, Sept. 1787

James Madison, letter to Jefferson, Oct. 24, 1787

Appendixes

The Constitution of the United States of America

Questions for Consideration

Selected Bibliography

Index

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