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Founding friendship : George Washington, James Madison, and the creation of the American republic /

Although the friendship between George Washington and James Madison was eclipsed in the early 1790s by the alliances of Madison with Jefferson and Washington with Hamilton, their collaboration remains central to the constitutional revolution that launched the American experiment in republican govern...

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Main Author: Leibiger, Stuart Eric
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, ©1999.
Subjects:
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Friends and associates.
Madison, James, > 1751-1836 > Friends and associates.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
Electronic books.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0585120986
9780585120980
9780813929125
0813929121
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Winning Independence
  • Chapter 2: Improving Rivers and Friendships
  • Chapter 3: Framing and Ratifying the Constitution
  • Chapter 4: Washington's "Prime Minister"
  • Chapter 5: Friendship Tested
  • Chapter 6: Founding Washington, D.C.
  • Chapter 7: Four More Years
  • Chapter 8: "Neutrality"
  • Chapter 9: Domestic Order and Disorder
  • Chapter 10: Estrangement and Farewell
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index.

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