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  | | Beyond Belief, Beyond Conscience The Radical Significance of the Free Exercise of Religion (Inalienable Rights) by Jack N. Rakove Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2020 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-530581-4, ISBN: 0-19-530581-7 "Today, Americans believe that the early colonists came to the New World in search of religious liberty. What we often forget is that they wanted religious liberty for themselves, not for those who held other views that they rejected and detested. Yet, by the mid-18th century, the colonists agreed that everyone possessed a sovereign right of conscience. How did this change develop? In Beyond Belief, Beyond Conscience, Pulitzer Prize-winn ..." |
 | | The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence(Reprint) by Jack N. Rakove Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2012 by Belknap Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-06622-9, ISBN: 0-674-06622-7 " Here in a beautifully bound cloth gift edition are the two founding documents of the United States of America: the Declaration of Independence (1776), our great revolutionary manifesto, and the Constitution (1787-88), in which “We the People” forged a new nation and built the framework for our federal republic. Together with the Bill of Rights and the Civil War amendments, these documents constitute what James Madison called our “polit ..." |
 | | Original Meanings(1st Edition) Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution by Jack N. Rakove Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 1997 by Vintage ISBN-13: 978-0-679-78121-9, ISBN: 0-679-78121-8 "What did the U.S. Constitution originally mean, and who has understood its meaning best? Do we look to the intentions of its framers at the Federal Convention of 1787, or to those of its ratifiers in the states? Or should we trust our own judgment in deciding whether the original meaning of the Constitution should still guide its later interpretation? These are the recurring questions in the ongoing process of analyzing and resolving co ..." |
 | | The Unfinished Election Of 2000(Updated) Leading Scholars Examine America's Strangest Election by Jack N. Rakove, Henry Brady Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Basic Books ISBN-13: 978-0-465-06838-8, ISBN: 0-465-06838-3 ""Reader-friendly...it does move our understanding of the 2000 vote beyond the 'urgent trivia' of classic campaign books." --Washington Post The Unfinished Election of 2000 gathers America's leading historians, political scientists, and constitutional lawyers to examine the strange and unprecedented events of the 2000 election. Together, these essays offer an election book very different from the ones we are too familiar with: not a jou ..." |
 | | The Cambridge Companion to The Federalist (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Jack N. Rakove, Colleen A. Sheehan Paperback, 602 Pages, Published 2020 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-316-50184-9, ISBN: 1-316-50184-1 "The eighty-five Federalist essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison as 'Publius' to support the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-88 are regarded as the preeminent American contribution to Western political theory. Recently, there have been major developments in scholarship on the Revolutionary and Founding era as well as increased public interest in constitutional matters that make this a propitious mome ..." |
 | | The Beginnings of National Politics An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress by Jack N. Rakove Paperback, 508 Pages, Published 2019 by Jhup ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-3058-4, ISBN: 1-4214-3058-4 "Originally published in 1982. Despite a necessary preoccupation with the Revolutionary struggle, America's Continental Congress succeeded in establishing itself as a governing body with national―and international―authority. How the Congress acquired and maintained this power and how the delegates sought to resolve the complex theoretical problems that arose in forming a federal government are the issues confronted in Jack N. Rakove's se ..." |
 | | A Politician Thinking The Creative Mind of James Madison (Volume 14) (The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series) by Jack N. Rakove Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Oklahoma Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-5737-5, ISBN: 0-8061-5737-2 "James Madison presented his most celebrated and studied political ideas in his contributions to The Federalist, the essays that he, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay wrote in 1787–1788 to secure ratification of the U.S. Constitution. As Jack N. Rakove shows in A Politician Thinking, however, those essays do not illustrate the full complexity and vigor of Madison’s thinking. In this book, Rakove pushes beyond what Madison thought to exami ..." |
 | | Nature and History in American Political Development(1st Edition) A Debate (Alexis De Tocqueville Lectures in American Politics) by James W. Ceaser, Theda Skocpol, Jack N. Rakove, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Rogers M. Smith Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-02158-7, ISBN: 0-674-02158-4 " In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, political scientist James Ceaser traces the way certain ideas, including nature, history, and religion—which he calls foundational ideas—have been understood and used by statesmen and public intellectuals over the course of American history, from the Puritans to the current day. Ceaser treats these ideas not as pure concepts of philosophy or theology, but rather as element ..." |
 | | Founding America(1st Edition) Documents from the Revolution to the Bill of Rights (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Jack N. Rakove, Professor George Stade Paperback, 672 Pages, Published 2006 by Barnes & Noble Classics ISBN-13: 978-1-59308-230-7, ISBN: 1-59308-230-4 "&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RFounding America: Documents from the Revolution to the Bill of Rights&&L/I&&R, by &&LB&&RVarious&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R&&LI&&R &&L/I&&Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable feature ..." |
 | | Constitutional Culture and Democratic Rule(1st Edition) (Murphy Institute Studies in Political Economy) by John Ferejohn, Jonathan Riley, Jack N. Rakove Paperback, 430 Pages, Published 2001 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-79370-4, ISBN: 0-521-79370-X "This volume investigates the nature of constitutional democratic government in the United States and elsewhere. The editors introduce a basic conceptual framework which the contributors clarify and develop in eleven essays organized into three separate sections. The first section deals with constitutional founding and the founders' use of cultural symbols and traditions to facilitate acceptance of a new regime. The second discusses alte ..." |
 | | The Federalist(1st Edition) The Essential Essays, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) by Jack N. Rakove, Alexander Hamilton Paperback, 250 Pages, Published 2003 by Bedford/St. Martin's ISBN-13: 978-0-312-24732-4, ISBN: 0-312-24732-X "Considered the United States’ greatest contribution to the “canon” of western political theory, The Federalist is 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 assigned Federalist essays with an introduction to current scholarly thinking about the Constitution ..." |
 | | Revolutionaries(Reprint) A New History of the Invention of America by Jack N. Rakove Paperback, 504 Pages, Published 2011 by Mariner Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-547-52187-9, ISBN: 0-547-52187-1 "Product Description In the early 1770s, the men who invented America were living quiet, provincial lives in the rustic backwaters of the New World, devoted primarily to family, craft, and the private pursuit of wealth and happiness. None set out to become "revolutionary" by ambition, but when events in Boston escalated, they found themselves thrust into a crisis that moved, in a matter of months, from protest to war. In this remarka ..." |
 | | James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic(2nd Edition) by Jack N. Rakove, Oscar Handlin Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2001 by Longman ISBN-13: 978-0-321-08797-3, ISBN: 0-321-08797-6 "In this biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack Rakove examines the life of James Madison. This book explores the life and experiences of James Madison, one of the founding fathers of the United States, with a capstone chapter that looks back at Madison's legacy in modern America. For anyone interested in early American History or the life of James Madison." |
 | | James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic(1st Edition) (Library of American Biography) by Jack N. Rakove, Oscar Handlin Paperback, 201 Pages, Published 1997 by Scott Foresman & Co ISBN-13: 978-0-673-39994-6, ISBN: 0-673-39994-X "In this biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack Rakove examines the life of James Madison. This book explores the life and experiences of James Madison, one of the founding fathers of the United States, with a capstone chapter that looks back at Madison's legacy in modern America. For anyone interested in early American History or the life of James Madison." |
 | | The Annotated U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence by Jack N. Rakove, United States Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2009 by Belknap Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-03606-2, ISBN: 0-674-03606-9 " Here in a beautifully bound cloth gift edition are the two founding documents of the United States of America: the Declaration of Independence (1776), our great revolutionary manifesto, and the Constitution (1787-88), in which “We the People” forged a new nation and built the framework for our federal republic. Together with the Bill of Rights and the Civil War amendments, these documents constitute what James Madison called our “poli ..." |
 | | The Beginnings of National Politics An Interpretive History of the Continental Congress by Professor Jack N. Rakove Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 1982 by The Johns Hopkins University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-2864-5, ISBN: 0-8018-2864-3 "1982: by Prof. Jack N. Rakove - The most convincing account of the general history of the Continental Congress yet written." |
 | | Revolutionaries(1st Edition) A New History of the Invention of America by Jack N. Rakove Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN-13: 978-0-618-26746-0, ISBN: 0-618-26746-8 "Product Description In the early 1770s, the men who invented America were living quiet, provincial lives in the rustic backwaters of the New World, devoted primarily to family, craft, and the private pursuit of wealth and happiness. None set out to become "revolutionary" by ambition, but when events in Boston escalated, they found themselves thrust into a crisis that moved, in a matter of months, from protest to war. In this remarka ..." |
 | | Nature and History in American Political Development(6th Edition) A Debate (The Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures on American Politics) by Professor James W. Ceaser, Theda Skocpol, Jack N. Rakove, Rogers M. Smith, Nancy L. Rosenblum Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2008 by Harvard University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-674-02723-7, ISBN: 0-674-02723-X "In this inaugural volume of the Alexis de Tocqueville Lectures, political scientist James Ceaser traces the way certain ideas, including nature, history, and religion--which he calls foundational ideas--have been understood and used by statesmen and public intellectuals over the course of American history, from the Puritans to the current day. Ceaser treats these ideas not as pure concepts of philosophy or theology, but rather as elemen ..." |
 | | James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic(3rd Edition) by Jack N. Rakove, Mark C. Carnes Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2006 by Pearson ISBN-13: 978-0-321-43076-2, ISBN: 0-321-43076-X " In this biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jack Rakove examines the life and legacy of James Madison, one of the founding fathers of the United States. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography Series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subjec ..." |
 | | The Tenth Amendment and State Sovereignty(Updated) Constitutional History and Contemporary Issues by Mark R. Killenbeck, Mark Robert Killenbeck, Willaim E. Leuchtenburg, John Choon Yoo, Jack N. Rakove Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2001 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7425-1880-3, ISBN: 0-7425-1880-9 "In the wake of the 2000 Election, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the American states has become more important. Once derided by the Court as a 'truism,' the Tenth Amendment has in recent years been transformed from a neglected provision into a vital 'first principle.' As such, it has provided the foundation for a series of decisions in which the Supreme Court has elevated the status of the states, often at the expense of ..." |
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