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Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New Nation.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (679 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351320948
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New NationDDC classification:
  • 973.4/092 B
LOC classification:
  • E302.6.F8 M555 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Transaction Introduction -- Introduction -- Part I: The Union Against Great Britain -- 1. The Making of a Revolutionary -- 2. Aide-de-Camp to Washington -- 3. The Struggle Against Inflation -- 4. The Quarrel with Washington -- Part II: The Union Against Chaos -- 5. Congress and the Army -- 6. Law and the Loyalists -- 7. "A Rage for Liberty -- 8. Democracy and Banking -- 9. "More Power to Congress -- 10. The Constitutional Convention (1) -- 11. The Constitutional Convention (2) -- 12. The Federalist -- 13. The Rule of Law -- 14. A More Perfect Union -- Part III: The Union Consummated -- 15. The First Secretary of the Treasury -- 16. The Report on Public Credit -- 17. "Speculators" vs. "Patriots -- 18. The Bank of the United States -- 19. The Report on Manufactures -- 20. The Effort to Transform the American Economy -- 21. The Opposition Emerges -- 22. The Attack Upon Hamilton -- 23. Hamilton's Quarrel with Jefferson and Burr -- Part IV: The Union Against Foreign Aggression -- 24. The Proclamation of Neutrality -- 25. The War Clouds Gather -- 26. The Whisky Rebellion -- 27. Jay's Treaty -- 28. The Election of 1796 -- 29. The Mission to France -- 30. Second in Command of the United States Army -- 31. The War That Refused to Come to a Boil -- 32. The Effort to Avert Peace -- 33. The Election of 1800 -- Part V: The Union Above All -- 34. A Prophet of Woe -- 35. Defender of the Freedom of the Press -- 36. The Duel with Burr -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Probably no American statesman displayed more constructive imagination than did Alexander Hamilton. Prodigal of ideas, bursting with plans for diversifying the economy, and obsessed by a determination to make the United States a powerful nation under a centralized government, he left an imprint upon this country that time has not effaced.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Transaction Introduction -- Introduction -- Part I: The Union Against Great Britain -- 1. The Making of a Revolutionary -- 2. Aide-de-Camp to Washington -- 3. The Struggle Against Inflation -- 4. The Quarrel with Washington -- Part II: The Union Against Chaos -- 5. Congress and the Army -- 6. Law and the Loyalists -- 7. "A Rage for Liberty -- 8. Democracy and Banking -- 9. "More Power to Congress -- 10. The Constitutional Convention (1) -- 11. The Constitutional Convention (2) -- 12. The Federalist -- 13. The Rule of Law -- 14. A More Perfect Union -- Part III: The Union Consummated -- 15. The First Secretary of the Treasury -- 16. The Report on Public Credit -- 17. "Speculators" vs. "Patriots -- 18. The Bank of the United States -- 19. The Report on Manufactures -- 20. The Effort to Transform the American Economy -- 21. The Opposition Emerges -- 22. The Attack Upon Hamilton -- 23. Hamilton's Quarrel with Jefferson and Burr -- Part IV: The Union Against Foreign Aggression -- 24. The Proclamation of Neutrality -- 25. The War Clouds Gather -- 26. The Whisky Rebellion -- 27. Jay's Treaty -- 28. The Election of 1796 -- 29. The Mission to France -- 30. Second in Command of the United States Army -- 31. The War That Refused to Come to a Boil -- 32. The Effort to Avert Peace -- 33. The Election of 1800 -- Part V: The Union Above All -- 34. A Prophet of Woe -- 35. Defender of the Freedom of the Press -- 36. The Duel with Burr -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Probably no American statesman displayed more constructive imagination than did Alexander Hamilton. Prodigal of ideas, bursting with plans for diversifying the economy, and obsessed by a determination to make the United States a powerful nation under a centralized government, he left an imprint upon this country that time has not effaced.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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