{"product_id":"james-madison-americas-first-politician","title":"James Madison: America's First Politician","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn intellectual biography of James Madison, arguing that he invented American politics as we know it\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow do you solve a problem like James Madison? The fourth president is one of the most confounding figures in early American history; his political trajectory seems almost intentionally inconsistent. He was both for and against a strong federal government. He wrote about the dangers of political parties in the Federalist Papers and then helped to found the Republican Party just a few years later. This so-called Madison problem has occupied scholars for ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Jay Cost shows in this incisive new biography, the underlying logic of Madison’s seemingly mixed record comes into focus only when we understand him primarily as a working politician. Whereas other founders split their time between politics and other vocations, Madison dedicated himself singularly to the work of politics and ultimately developed it into a distinctly American idiom. He was, in short, the first American politician.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54008752603504,"sku":"978-1541699557","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54008752636272,"sku":"978-1541699557","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/ebook_4714_9b510940a5.jpg?v=1783580574","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/de\/products\/james-madison-americas-first-politician","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}