The Sacred Fire of Liberty

Author/Contributor(s):	Banning, Lance
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Date:	10/05/1995
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Banning (history, U. of Kentucky) argues that Madison was not an intellectual pragmatist who reacted variably to the changing circumstances of the Revolution and the Confederation. Rather, Madison held to consistent principles and was at once a more committed democrat and a less eager nationalist