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Simon & Schuster, June 2004
Enriched Classic Mass Market Paperback, 736 pages
ISBN-10: 0743487710
ISBN-13: 9780743487719
Description
ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED
BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay's brilliant and controversial collection of essays and articles that define and explain the ideals upon which the United States of America was founded.
EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:
• A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
• A chronology of the author's life and work
• A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
• An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
• Detailed explanatory notes
• Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
• Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
• A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON
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Browse Inside The Federalist PapersPhilly.com, October 9, 2011
...James Madison, our fourth president, is better known as the Father of the Constitution, a title that should be especially familiar to Philadelphians. In Signers' Hall at the National Constitution Center ...
Rocklin, September 7, 2011
...a time, Charles happened to be untangling the elaborate 18th century prose of three founding fathers in the Federalist Papers when he was faced with an outstanding opportunity. As Americans everywhere were standing up to the wrongs of an ...
AllVoices, July 17, 2011
...debating? What did they have to say? Who won? And, why does it matter to us today? The Federalist Papers The Federalist Papers are a collection of eighty five essays published in New York newspapers. They outline how the government, as ...
Daily Breeze, October 12, 2009
...citizenship test. But what does the book teach those eager new Americans? Its 101st edition informs them that Alexander Hamilton served as president and that the Superior Court is California's highest court, and suggests citizens 'must' ...
Greenville Times Examiner, September 14, 2009
...liberty'? The framework of our Confederate Republic was clearly understood by those who advocated its ratification, namely, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay: the writers of the Federalist Papers. These are the men who some ...
Post Chronicle, July 2, 2009
...It should be noted, I believe, that (1) Alexander Hamilton probably originated the successful 'Publius strategy' for urging the ratification of the Constitution because his prior 'Caesar strategy' had not been effective; (2) Hamilton, a ...
Web Commentary, June 27, 2009
...Why 'Publius' Authored The Federalist Papers It should be noted, I believe, that (1) Alexander Hamilton probably originated the successful 'Publius strategy' for urging the ratification of the Constitution because his prior 'Caesar strategy' ...
New York Review of Books, March 6, 2009
...virtue and generally believed that self-government works best in small, homogeneous republics. According to the argument of the Federalist Papers, however, such small republics tend to destroy themselves. The reason lay in the power of ...
