辩论：美国制宪会议记录

by James Madison

1787年费城 55位代表 127天辩论 亲历人类首部成文宪法诞生

63万字笔记 487条注释 100页附录 见证原则背后更有妥协隐忍

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本书是美国宪法的缔造者麦迪逊记录的美国制宪会议的全过程，由著名翻译家尹宣先生翻译整理，有很高之学术价值。本书记载了1787年美国建国之父们设计联邦政府的全过程，记录了代表们在每天会议上的发言。全书按麦迪逊在制宪会议期间的原始手稿排印，保留历史原貌。麦迪逊的记录自始至终、一天不缺，写法类似连续剧，记下了历史人物（代表们）在特定场景（每天不断深入的辩论）上的台词（发言）。

Genres: History, Politics, American History

803 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 2003

About the author

For James Madison, Episcopal Bishop and president of the College of William & Mary, see https://www.goodreads.com/author/show....

James Madison, Jr. was an American politician and the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Madison was the last founding father to die. Considered to be the "Father of the Constitution", he was the principal author of the document. In 1788, he wrote over a third of the Federalist Papers, still the most influential commentary on the Constitution. As a leader in the first Congresses, he drafted many basic laws and was responsible for the first ten amendments to the Constitution (said to be based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights), and thus is also known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights". As a political theorist, Madison's most distinctive belief was that the new republic needed checks and balances to limit the powers of special interests, which Madison called factions. He believed very strongly that the new nation should fight against aristocracy and corruption and was deeply committed to creating mechanisms that would ensure republicanism in the United States.

As leader in the House of Representatives, Madison worked closely with President George Washington to organize the new federal government. Breaking with Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in 1791, Madison and Thomas Jefferson organized what they called the republican party (later called the Democratic-Republican Party) in opposition to key policies of the Federalists, especially the national bank and the Jay Treaty. He secretly co-authored, along with Thomas Jefferson, the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in 1798 to protest the Alien and Sedition Acts.

As Jefferson's Secretary of State (1801-1809), Madison supervised the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the nation's size, and sponsored the ill-fated Embargo Act of 1807. As president, he led the nation into the War of 1812 against Great Britain in order to protect the United States' economic rights. That conflict began poorly as Americans suffered defeat after defeat by smaller forces, but ended on a high note in 1815, with the Treaty of Ghent, after which a new spirit of nationalism swept the country. During and after the war, Madison reversed many of his positions. By 1815, he supported the creation of the second National Bank, a strong military, and a high tariff to protect the new factories opened during the war.

Reviews

[K · Rating 5 out of 5]

这个译本，基本上读到逻辑不通或者不知所云的地方，去看英文，就会发现问题。但是，大部分内容还是翻译得很棒，而且译者给这本书加了很多注释，给了读者很多方便。五星推荐。英文书名：Journal of the Federal Convention (aka Debates in the Congress of the Confederation)

[WaldenOgre · Rating 5 out of 5]

200多年前一场奠定国家命运的会议，700页事无巨细的会议记录。探寻人类的智慧与偏见、理性与激情、信念与利益的边界，在交锋和妥协之间寻找答案的努力，统统跃然纸上，栩栩如生。

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

basic knowledge

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

How do you rate a book 5 stars when it reads like minutes to a long, long meeting? Well, when the writer is James Madison, and the subject is the 1787 US Constitutional Convention, just considering all I learned from this book is reason enough. Yes- it could have been more exciting, but sometimes history is just pure, hard facts. No embellishment here. This is well-worth reading.

[Jon Marlow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read

Should be required reading in every civics course, at the least and a copy given to every new Congressman and Senator. It may serve to remind us of the fragility of our government and the great good that can spring from compromise and respect.

[汤仰止 · Rating 5 out of 5]

理解了美国建国先贤们对人性的洞察，对政治的妥协，对目标的坚韧，对行动的不懈。

[Raymond W. Barton · Rating 5 out of 5]

History is always better when you are able to understand the thoughts of the minds who were there at the time. Madison took detailed notes on his thoughts and expresses them in a way the makes it understandable the development of our government and Constitution. A must read for all constitutionalist or those who find the birth our nation fascinating!

[Neal · Rating 4 out of 5]

In depth view of the negotiations and frustrations in forming the constitution, as well as some foreshadowing some future debates and conflicts that would happen.