Alexander Hamilton and the growth of the new nation / / John C. Miller

• Autore: Miller J. C (John C.), <1949->
• Pubblicazione: London, UK : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , [2017]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (679 pages)
• Disciplina: 973.3092
• Soggetto topico: Statesmen - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1775-1783
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New Nation is the premier biography of Alexander Hamilton written by one of the foremost scholars of early American history. Hamilton's career was at times contradictory: born, in John Adams's words, the "bastard brat of a Scotch peddler," he rose to high social, political, and military position in the newly born country. He dreaded divisiveness, yet his strategies and actions aggravated political sectionalism. Miller weaves together the complex facets of Hamilton's life to make a vivid, absorbing biography.
• Titolo autorizzato: Alexander Hamilton and the growth of the new nation
• ISBN: 9781351320948; 9780367095819
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818246103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II