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The price of greatness, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the creation of American oligarchy, Jay Cost

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The price of greatness, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the creation of American oligarchy, Jay Cost

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The price of greatness

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jay Cost

Sub title

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the creation of American oligarchy

Summary

In the history of American politics there are few stories as enigmatic as that of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison's bitterly personal falling out. Together they helped bring the Constitution into being, yet soon after the new republic was born they broke over the meaning of its founding document. Hamilton emphasized economic growth, Madison the importance of republican principles. Jay Cost is the first to argue that both men were right--and that their quarrel reveals a fundamental paradox at the heart of the American experiment. He shows that each man in his own way came to accept corruption as a necessary cost of growth. The Price of Greatness reveals the trade-off that made the United States the richest nation in human history, and that continues to fracture our politics to this day

Table Of Contents

The Great Desideratum -- One Great American System -- Doing Full Justice -- The Tool and the Tyrant -- Vexations and Spoliation -- Metaphysical War -- Intrigue and Corruption -- The Vilest of Cheats

Target audience

adult

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Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the creation of American oligarchy

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