Written at a time when furious arguments were raging aboutthe best way to govern America, "The Federalist Papers" had theimmediate practical aim of persuading New Yorkers to accept thenewly drafted Constitution in 1787. In this they were supremelysuccessful, but their influence also transcended contemporarydebate to win them a lasting place in discussions of Americanpolitical theory. Acclaimed by Thomas Jefferson as 'the bestcommentary on the principles of government which ever was written',"The Federalist Papers" make a powerful case for power-sharingbetween State and Federal authorities and for a Constitution thathas endured largely unchanged for two hundred years.
【作者简介】
Isaac Kramnick is Professor of Government at Cornell andintroduced the new edition of Democracy in America for PenguinClassics.
【目录】
INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIVES OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON, JAMES MADISON ANDJOHN JAY
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