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Record Nr.

UNISA996447952103316

Titolo

Atlantis : a women's studies journal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wolfville, Nova Scotia : , : Acadia University

Halifax, Nova Scotia : , : Mt. St. Vincent University

Halifax, Nova Scotia : , : Institute for the Study of Women, Mount Saint Vincent University

Halifax, Nova Scotia : , : Mount Saint Vincent University

ISSN

1715-0698

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

305.4/05

Soggetti

Women's studies

Sex role

Social justice

Études sur les femmes

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Subtitle varies: A women's studies journal = Revue des études sur la femme, 1976-2012; Critical studies in gender, culture & social justice = Études critiques sur le genre, la culture, et la justice sociale, 2013-2019; Critical studies in gender, culture & social justice, 2020-

Some issues have thematic titles



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790013603321

Autore

Broadwater Jeff

Titolo

James Madison [[electronic resource] ] : a son of Virginia & a founder of the nation / / Jeff Broadwater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4696-0187-7

0-8078-6991-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

973.5/1092

B

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

Statesmen - United States

United States Politics and government 1809-1817

United States Politics and government 1789-1815

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Religion and revolution -- A republican constitution -- From ratification to the Bill of Rights -- The origins of the party system -- The politics of charm and the limits of diplomacy -- A founder as commander in chief -- Slavery, sectionalism, and the decline of the Old Dominion.

Sommario/riassunto

James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution. In this biography, Jeff Broadwater focuses on Madison's role in the battle for religious freedom in Virginia, his contributions to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, his place in the evolution of the party system, his relationship with Dolley Madison, his performance as a wartime commander in chief, and his views on slavery. From Broadwater's perspective, no single figure can tell us m