02833nam 2200649 a 450 991046171760332120200520144314.01-4696-0187-70-8078-6991-0(CKB)2670000000155593(EBL)867051(OCoLC)779828556(SSID)ssj0000612148(PQKBManifestationID)11420999(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612148(PQKBWorkID)10672378(PQKB)11278307(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245600(MiAaPQ)EBC867051(MiAaPQ)EBC4321968(OCoLC)787844754(MdBmJHUP)muse23346(Au-PeEL)EBL867051(CaPaEBR)ebr10538021(EXLCZ)99267000000015559320110826d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJames Madison[electronic resource] a son of Virginia & a founder of the nation /Jeff BroadwaterChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20121 online resource (285 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-2831-7 0-8078-3530-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-258) and index.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.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 mPresidentsUnited StatesBiographyStatesmenUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1809-1817United StatesPolitics and government1789-1815Electronic books.PresidentsStatesmen973.5/1092BBroadwater Jeff1055178MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461717603321James Madison2488392UNINA