'What makes this thoroughly researched study all the more enjoyable is McCoy's accomplishment as a biographer. He knows Madison; he is acquainted with the man rather than with an historical figure. As a result, the reader stands beside Madison in the stormy, antebellum decades.' -- James Robertson in the Richmond News Leader.
'What makes this thoroughly researched study all the more enjoyable is McCoy's accomplishment as a biographer. He knows Madison; he is acquainted with the man rather than with an historical figure. As a result, the reader stands beside Madison in the stormy, antebellum decades.' -- James Robertson in the Richmond News Leader.
List of illustrations Preface Prologue 1. The character of the good statesman 2. The character of the good republic: justice, stability, and the constitution 3. Retrospect and prospect: Congress and the perils of popular government 4. Memory and meaning: nullification and the lost world of the founding 5. The republic transformed: population, economy, and society 6. Accommodation: the old dominion 7. Despair: the peculiar institution 8. Legacy: the strange career of William Cebell Rives Epilogue Acknowledgements Index.
List of illustrations Preface Prologue 1. The character of the good statesman 2. The character of the good republic: justice, stability, and the constitution 3. Retrospect and prospect: Congress and the perils of popular government 4. Memory and meaning: nullification and the lost world of the founding 5. The republic transformed: population, economy, and society 6. Accommodation: the old dominion 7. Despair: the peculiar institution 8. Legacy: the strange career of William Cebell Rives Epilogue Acknowledgements Index.
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