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Author Knott, Stephen F.

Title Alexander Hamilton and the persistence of myth / Stephen F. Knott.

Imprint Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2002.

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Description x, 336 p. ; 24 cm.
Series American political thought
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-321) and index.
Contents "And night returning brings me no relief" : Hamilton and the founding generation -- Hamilton and the Jacksonian era : the monster bank and the coming of war -- Hamilton rises again : Civil War and his vindication -- Hamilton's Gilded Age : his renaissance -- The twilight of Hamiltonianism : 1901-1928 -- Slouching toward oblivion : Hamilton as the New Deal's great beast -- Hail Columbia! Hamilton and cold war America -- At century's end : a Hamilton restoration on the horizon? -- Getting right with Hamilton : "the public good must be paramount".
Subject Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 -- Influence.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 -- Public opinion.
Public opinion -- United States -- History.
National characteristics, American.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
ISBN 0700611576 (alk. paper)

 
    
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