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".