Alexander Hamilton and the growth of the new nation /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, J. C. (John C.), 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
Temas:
1775-1783
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Politics and government.
Statesmen.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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