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The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton

The Life and Legacy of America's Most Elusive Founding Father
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Revolutionary War officer, co-author of the Federalist Papers, our first Treasury Secretary, Thomas Jefferson's nemesis, and victim of a fatal duel with Aaron Burr: Alexander Hamilton has been the focus of debate from his day to ours. On the one hand, Hamilton was the quintessential Founding Father, playing a central role in every key debate and event in the Revolutionary and Early Republic eras. On the other hand, he has received far less popular and scholarly attention than his brethren. Who was he really and what is his legacy? Scholars have long disagreed. Was Hamilton a closet monarchist or a sincere republican? A victim of partisan politics or one of its most active promoters? A lackey for British interests or a foreign policy mastermind? The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton addresses these and other perennial questions. Leading Hamilton scholars, both historians and political scientists alike, present fresh evidence and new, sometimes competing, interpretations of the man, his thought, and the legacy he has had on America and the world.
Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Life and Many Faces of Alexander HamiltonDouglas AmbrosePart I: The Contest with Je?erson2 "Opposed in Death as in Life": Hamilton and Je?erson in American Memory Stephen Knott3 The Hamiltonian Invention of Thomas Je?erson Robert M. S. McDonald4 Alexander Hamilton's View of Thomas Je?erson's Ideology and Character James H. ReadPart II: Hamilton's Republicanism5 Reforming Republicanism: Alexander Hamilton's Theory of Republican Citizenship and Press Liberty Robert W. T. Martin6 Understanding the Confusing Role of Virtue in The Federalist: The Rhetorical Demands of Two Audiences Barry Alan Shain7 Madison versus Hamilton: The Battle over Republicanism and the Role of Public Opinion Colleen A. SheehanPart III: Hamilton's Legacies8 Alexander Hamilton and the 1790s Economy: A Reappraisal Carey Roberts9 Hamilton and Haiti Daniel G. Lang10 Hamilton, Croly, and American Public Philosophy Peter McNamara11 Epilogue: Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and the Spirit of Capitalism John Patrick DigginsContributors Index
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