TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCraw,Thomas K.
TI  - The Founders and Finance: How Hamilton, Gallatin, and Other Immigrants Forged a New Economy
SN  - 9780674067660
AV  - HJ261 
U1  - 330.973/04 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Hamilton, Alexander,-1757-1804
KW  - Gallatin, Albert,-1761-1849
KW  - United States.-Department of the Treasury-History
KW  - Finance, Public-United States-History
KW  - Monetary policy-United States-History
KW  - United States-Economic policy
KW  - United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - United States-History-1783-1865
KW  - United States-Politics and government-1783-1865
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Alexander Hamilton 1757-1804 -- 1. St. Croix and Trauma -- 2. New York and Promise -- 3. War and Heroism -- 4. Love and Social Status -- 5. The Roots of His Thinking -- 6. Robert Morris, Hamilton, and Finance -- 7. The Constitution -- 8. New Government, Old Debt -- 9. The Fight over the Debt -- 10. The Bank of the United States -- 11. Diversifying the Economy -- 12. Tensions and Political Parties -- 13. The Decline -- 14. The Duel -- Part II. Albert Gallatin 1761-1849 -- 15. Choosing the New World -- 16. Moving to the West -- 17. Entering Politics -- 18. Becoming Jeffersonian -- 19. The Climb to Power -- 20. Debt, Armaments, and Louisiana -- 21. Developing the West -- 22. Embargo and Frustration -- 23. Dispiriting Diplomacy -- 24. The Fate of the Bank -- 25. Financing the Wayward War -- 26. Winning the Peace -- 27. His Long and Useful Life -- Part III. The Legacies -- 28. Immigrant Exceptionalism? -- 29. Comparisons and Contingencies -- 30. Capitalism and Credit -- 31. The Political Economy of Hamilton and Gallatin -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Index
N2  - In 1776 the U.S. owed huge sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens but, lacking the power to tax, had no means to repay them. This is the first book to tell the story of how foreign-born financial specialists--the immigrant founders Hamilton and Gallatin--solved the fiscal crisis and set the nation on a path to long-term economic prosperity
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