The Federalist Papers

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The Federalist Papers

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ISBN: 9780140444957
author: Alexander Hamilton / James Madison / John Jay
publishing house: Penguin Classics
publication date: 1987 -4
series: Penguin Classics
binding: Paperback
price: GBP 11.99
number of pages: 528

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Written at a time when furious arguments were raging about the best way to govern America, "The Federalist Papers" had the immediate practical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept the newly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremely successful, but their influence also transcended contemporary debate to win them a lasting place in discussions of American political theory. Acclaimed by Thomas Jefferson as 'the best commentary on the principles of government which ever was written', "The Federalist Papers" make a powerful case for power-sharing between State and Federal authorities and for a Constitution that has endured largely unchanged for two hundred years.

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