madison s role as the agenda maker for the philadelphia convention, and the particular argument i wanted to make is, as madison prepares himself for the convention in the weeks just before it was due to meet in mid-may 1787, i think the key item he worked on in his agenda is the idea that a system of federalism based upon the voluntary compliance of the states with the recommendations, the resolutions, the requisitions that came from the continental congress, was never going to work. when he reasons about this, he does so in a very interesting way. he combines a set of empirical observations about what had taken place in the mid-1770 s and lessons americans like him had learned since 1776 by watching how the system functions. he takes a step back, and when he takes a step back, what he really does is to think abstractly, and what we can see at least implicitly again theoretic framework where he comes up with the idea that, because states have different interests and different
[inaudible conversations] / all right. good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us tonight. my name is maddie wolters, and on behalf of the bookstore i am pleased to welcome you to this evenings event with sean wilentz and his new book no property in man. we are pleased to have c-span book tv tonight. when asking questions, please note you will be recorded and wait for the big microphone to come over before asking your question. we have a great lineup over this fall and this coming tuesday, the new book on the other side of freedom, and you can look forward to authors like andre and missy phillips. for more details and information on these and other upcoming events, please visit the calendar at harvard.com/events and timely for the sign up for the newsletter. we will have a book signing right here at this table. the line will form to my left and we will have copies of no property in man for sale at the registers in the next room. tonight s tail is 50% off and the
in his agenda is the idea that a system of federalism based upon the voluntary compliance of the states with the recommendations, the resolutions, the requisitions that came from the continental congress, was never going to work. when he reasons about this, he does so in a very interesting way. he combines a set of empirical observations about what took place in the 1770 s and lessons americans like him had learned since 1776. how washington functions. he takes a step back, and then he thinks abstractly, and what we can see at least implicitly against theoretic framework where he comes up with the idea that because states have different interests and different interests within each state, we will always have some incentive to run against washington. to run against national directives, national policies. even where states have a common interest, if you mistrust what other states are going to do, you will have this repetitive reaction from the federal system. so, the federal sy
offers programming focused on nonfiction authors and books. keep watching for more here on c-span2 and watch any of our past programs online a book tv.org. .. hello and welcome to grapevine, harlem renaissance, 19th annual book library festival. i am benedict carton, with african-american studies, we appreciate your attendance today. the festival runs through saturday, october 14th. for all the most up-to-date information on this festival and all the other programs throughout the year, visit ballstothebooks. all one word. this is funded through donations was one way to help us through this kind of programming is friends of fall for the book. to learn more visit please visit their website again. we ask that you please remember to silence your cell phones and thank you for filling out a survey and improve the festival of the future. thank you to our main sponsor in african-american studies so we are pleased to have here marylouise patterson and jeffrey stewart, two writers who
this festival is a a nonprofit that is funded exclusively through donations. one of the ways to help us through this kind of programming is through the friends of fall for the book. to learn more please visit that website again. we ask that you please remember to silence your cell phone and thank you in advance of filling out a survey which will help fall for the book improve the festival in the future. thank you to our main sponsor, african and african-american studies. so we are pleased to have fear marylouise patterson and jeffrey stewart, two writers who examine key figures of the harlem renaissance, langston hughes and alan locke, respectively. in letters from langston dr. patterson explores relationship that her family but particularly her mother had with langston hughes, and in the new negro: the life of alain locke, jeffrey stewart chronicles the education and career of the central figure in the harlem renaissance. it s important say something about the subjects t