No competing edition of The Federalist offers nearly as much help in grasping Publius' arguments in defense of the new but unratified United States Constitution of 1787 as this new annotated edition by J. R. Pole. Essay by essay--with ample cross-references and glosses on 18th-century linguistic usage--Pole's commentary lays bare the intellectual background and assumptions of Alexander Hamilton; James Madison; and John Jay; explicates and critiques The Federalist's central concepts; rhetorical strategies; and arguments; and points up the international; national; and local facts on the ground relevant to Confederation Era New Yorkers; the constituency to which The Federalist was originally addressed.Pole's Introduction; a brief chronology of political events from 1688 to 1791; a brief overview of the themes of the essays; the text of the Constitution cross-referenced to The Federalist; and an index of proper names; concepts; and themes that also functions as a glossary further distinguish this edition.
#2965424 in Books University Press of Colorado 2005-10-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.20 x 1.10 x 6.20l; 1.17 #File Name: 0870818090288 pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Hilter's plan to eliminate the mentally ill; tooBy D. Donovan; Editor/Sr. ReviewerCONFRONTING THE "GOOD DEATH": NAZI EUTHANASIA ON TRAIL; 1945-1953 narrows the focus to a campaign to eliminate the mentally ill which Hitler unleashed years before his famous final solution to annihilate European Jews. This campaign killed as many as 270;000 people and set a precedent for the mass murder of civilians; and Michael Bryant here analyzes the U.S. Government and West German judiciary's attempt to punish these killers after the war. Primary sources blends with in-depth research to outline the Nazi campaign against the mentally ill and the postwar search for justice: a recommended pick for college-level Holocaust collections.
