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The Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
3.85 AVERAGE
121 reviews for:
The Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
3.85 AVERAGE
I think taking a look at the bookshelves it's on will explain how I feel about this book.
Interesting to hear about the reasons and thoughts behind the constitution, it was quite dull but who am I to rate geniuses like them
I imagine authors expected most (New York state) voters to be able to read Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton. These eighty-five essays in favor of the U.S. Constitution were published in various newspapers between 8/27/1787 and 5/28/1788. The authors assumed the readers were familiar with European, Greek and Roman history and could follow legal arguments.
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Closing caveat: Do not put these documents on a pedestal. They close with strong statements against term-limits, the bill of rights, and specific protection for freedom of the press. All of these things happened and most agree they were important.
For more see: http://1book42day.blogspot.com/2017/05/federalist-papers-by-alexander-hamilton.html
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Closing caveat: Do not put these documents on a pedestal. They close with strong statements against term-limits, the bill of rights, and specific protection for freedom of the press. All of these things happened and most agree they were important.
For more see: http://1book42day.blogspot.com/2017/05/federalist-papers-by-alexander-hamilton.html
challenging
informative
slow-paced
Brevity is the soul of wit, and editing you shouldn't omit
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Boy, if only they knew political parties would be such a big thing…
How did I earn a BA in political science having never read more then extremely brief excerpts of the Federalist Papers?
Not exactly easy reading, but lots to think about. This version includes only 19 of the 85 papers. The Introduction says that there is general agreement over which papers are really limited to speaking to specific situations and people of the time they were written, and this volume has left those out. I have no idea whether or not this is true, but there were definitely points in the book where I didn't really understand what was going on, and it sounded like the authors were addressing an argument or situation specific to their time, so I can only imagine what some of the papers omitted from the book are like.
It was an interesting time to read this book. We are currently surrounded with discussions of the downfalls of our Founding Fathers. They had many, and I think these discussions are important. But this reminder of how amazing these men were in coming up with a brand new government that advances liberty and rights while being realistic about the vices of most humans that might cause this government to fail was uplifting, especially around Independence Day. We have a strong ground to build on and improve as we become more aware of our country's shortfalls.
There is so much to think about when reading this. My copy is incredibly marked up with my underlinings and questions in the margins. Some of the papers seem so on point and weirdly seem to foresee the situation we are in today with a president who wants to hoard power for himself with little consideration of the common good. And some things stated in the papers as an argument for accepting the Constitution didn't seem to come to fruition at all.
This volume is just the papers, no explanatory text, and I could really use some explanation in contemporary language because I think I am missing a lot. Would love to have a class going over this in detail.
BTW, to my contemporary ears, James Madison and John Jay are way easier to understand than Alexander Hamilton!
Not exactly easy reading, but lots to think about. This version includes only 19 of the 85 papers. The Introduction says that there is general agreement over which papers are really limited to speaking to specific situations and people of the time they were written, and this volume has left those out. I have no idea whether or not this is true, but there were definitely points in the book where I didn't really understand what was going on, and it sounded like the authors were addressing an argument or situation specific to their time, so I can only imagine what some of the papers omitted from the book are like.
It was an interesting time to read this book. We are currently surrounded with discussions of the downfalls of our Founding Fathers. They had many, and I think these discussions are important. But this reminder of how amazing these men were in coming up with a brand new government that advances liberty and rights while being realistic about the vices of most humans that might cause this government to fail was uplifting, especially around Independence Day. We have a strong ground to build on and improve as we become more aware of our country's shortfalls.
There is so much to think about when reading this. My copy is incredibly marked up with my underlinings and questions in the margins. Some of the papers seem so on point and weirdly seem to foresee the situation we are in today with a president who wants to hoard power for himself with little consideration of the common good. And some things stated in the papers as an argument for accepting the Constitution didn't seem to come to fruition at all.
This volume is just the papers, no explanatory text, and I could really use some explanation in contemporary language because I think I am missing a lot. Would love to have a class going over this in detail.
BTW, to my contemporary ears, James Madison and John Jay are way easier to understand than Alexander Hamilton!
Given the current political climate I decided that I needed to go back to these essays published in New York after the Constitutional Convention defending and explaining the system of government that would be established by the proposed constitution that would replace the ineffectual Articles of Confederation. I've read before but they are always worth my time. Thank you Mr. Madison, Mr. Hamilton, and Mr. Jay.
I'm tired of hearing the 10th-grade-history level response of "actually these were Federalist propaganda and thus unreliable." So then don't just read these: read Federal Farmer and other Anti-Federalists, 1790s debates between Hamilton and Madison (like the one over the First Bank of the US and the one over foreign policy), Farrand's notes from the Convention (while recognizing that Madison edited some of his notes decades later), and as many sources as you can. But don't just throw out the Federalist Papers because Hamilton and Madison were using the Papers to convince NY to ratify the Constitution.
informative
slow-paced