Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New Nation

by Miller,John C.

• ISBN13: 9780765805515
• ISBN10: 0765805510
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2017-05-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Here is the premier biography of Alexander Hamilton, written by one of the foremost scholars of early American history. Miller weaves together the complex facets of Hamilton's life to make a vivid, absorbing biography.

Author Biography

John C. Miller (1907-1991) was Edgar E. Robinson Professor of U.S. History at Stanford University.

Table of Contents

Transaction Introduction	ix
Introduction	xvii
Part I The Union Against Great Britain
The Making of a Revolutionary	3	(14)
Aide-de-Camp to Washington	17	(26)
The Struggle Against Inflation	43	(19)
The Quarrel with Washington	62	(21)
Part II The Union Against Chaos
Congress and the Army	83	(17)
Law and the Loyalists	100	(11)
``A Rage for Liberty''	111	(9)
Democracy and Banking	120	(11)
``More Power to Congress''	131	(20)
The Constitutional Convention (1)	151	(20)
The Constitutional Convention (2)	171	(13)
The Federalist	184	(9)
The Rule of Law	193	(13)
A More Perfect Union	206	(13)
Part III The Union Consummated
The First Secretary of the Treasury	219	(10)
The Report on Public Credit	229	(9)
``Speculators'' vs. ``Patriots''	238	(17)
The Bank of the United States	255	(23)
The Report on Manufactures	278	(18)
The Effort to Transform the American Economy	296	(15)
The Opposition Emerges	311	(11)
The Attack upon Hamilton	322	(21)
Hamilton's Quarrel with Jefferson and Burr	343	(20)
Part IV The Union Against Foreign Aggression
The Proclamation of Neutrality	363	(16)
The War Clouds Gather	379	(17)
The Whisky Rebellion	396	(19)
Jay's Treaty	415	(20)
The Election of 1796	435	(16)
The Mission to France	451	(15)
Second in Command of the United States Army	466	(13)
The War That Refused to Come to a Boil	479	(14)
The Effort to Avert Peace	493	(16)
The Election of 1800	509	(24)
Part V The Union Above All
A Prophet of Woe	533	(11)
Defender of the Freedom of the Press	544	(13)
The Duel with Burr	557	(20)
Notes	577	(46)
Bibliography	623	(18)
Index	641