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- catalog abstract "Annotation Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American Republic. Power versus Liberty reconstructs a four-way conversation--sometimes respectful, sometimes shrill--that touched on the most important issues facing the new nation: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, federal authority versus states' rights, freedom of the press, the controversial Bank of the United States, the relation between nationalism and democracy, and the elusive meaning of "the consent of the governed."Each of the men whose thought Read considers differed on these key questions. Jefferson believed that every increase in the power of government came at the expense of liberty: energetic governments, he insisted, are always oppressive. Madison believed that this view was too simple, that liberty can be threatened either by too much or too little governmental power. Hamilton and Wilson likewise rejected the Jeffersonian view of power and liberty but disagreed with Madison and with each other. The question of how to reconcile energetic government with the liberty of citizens is as timely today as it was in the first decades of the Republic. It pervades our political discourse and colors our readings of events from the confrontation at Waco to the Oklahoma City bombing to Congressional debate over how to spend the government surplus. While the rhetoric of both major political parties seems to posit a direct relationship between the size of our government and the scope of our political freedoms, the debates of Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson confound such simple dichotomies. As Read concludes, the relation between power and liberty is inherently complex.".
- catalog contributor b11611965.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description "2. James Madison on Power and Liberty 25 -- 3. Alexander Hamilton as Libertarian and Nationalist 55 -- 4. James Wilson and the Idea of Popular Sovereignty 89 -- 5. Thomas Jefferson, Liberty, and the States 119.".
- catalog description "Annotation Does every increase in the power of government entail a loss of liberty for the people? James H. Read examines how four key Founders--James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, and Thomas Jefferson--wrestled with this question during the first two decades of the American Republic. Power versus Liberty reconstructs a four-way conversation--sometimes respectful, sometimes shrill--that touched on the most important issues facing the new nation: the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, federal authority versus states' rights, freedom of the press, the controversial Bank of the United States, the relation between nationalism and democracy, and the elusive meaning of "the consent of the governed."Each of the men whose thought Read considers differed on these key questions. Jefferson believed that every increase in the power of government came at the expense of liberty: energetic governments, he insisted, are always oppressive. Madison believed that this view was too simple, that liberty can be threatened either by too much or too little governmental power. Hamilton and Wilson likewise rejected the Jeffersonian view of power and liberty but disagreed with Madison and with each other. The question of how to reconcile energetic government with the liberty of citizens is as timely today as it was in the first decades of the Republic. It pervades our political discourse and colors our readings of events from the confrontation at Waco to the Oklahoma City bombing to Congressional debate over how to spend the government surplus. While the rhetoric of both major political parties seems to posit a direct relationship between the size of our government and the scope of our political freedoms, the debates of Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson confound such simple dichotomies. As Read concludes, the relation between power and liberty is inherently complex.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-197) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 201 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0813919118 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0813919126 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "320/.0973/09033 21".
- catalog subject "Authority.".
- catalog subject "Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 Contributions in political science.".
- catalog subject "Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.".
- catalog subject "JA84.U5 R37 2000".
- catalog subject "Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Contributions in political science.".
- catalog subject "Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.".
- catalog subject "Liberty.".
- catalog subject "Madison, James, 1751-1836 Contributions in political science.".
- catalog subject "Madison, James, 1751-1836.".
- catalog subject "Political science United States History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Power (Social sciences)".
- catalog subject "Wilson, James, 1742-1798 Contributions in political science.".
- catalog subject "Wilson, James, 1742-1798.".
- catalog tableOfContents "2. James Madison on Power and Liberty 25 -- 3. Alexander Hamilton as Libertarian and Nationalist 55 -- 4. James Wilson and the Idea of Popular Sovereignty 89 -- 5. Thomas Jefferson, Liberty, and the States 119.".
- catalog title "Power versus liberty : Madison, Hamilton, Wilson, and Jefferson / James H. Read.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".