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The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton: The Life and Legacy of America's Most Elusive Founding Father Kindle Edition

by Douglas Ambrose (Author, Editor), Robert W. T. Martin (Author, Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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This anthology presents a variety of scholarly perspectives on the nation’s most enigmatic Founding Father.

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’s legacy is complex, multifaceted, and difficult to pin down. 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. 

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.

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"Scholars whose interests include the political, diplomatic, and economics aspects of the early republic will find these works rewarding additions to their reading." ― Journal of the Early Republic

"Here are many fresh thoughts by many of the most innovative scholars at work on Alexander Hamilton today. Every student of the new republic and many general readers who are captivated by the subject will want to read this volume." -- Lance Banning,author of Conceived in Liberty: The Struggle to Define the New Republic, 1789-1793

"This book . . . achiev[es] a badly needed analysis of Hamilton’s impact on his and later times." ― The Historian

"Talleyrand, who was acquainted with all of the statesmen of Europe, once remarked that he had never encountered anyone & equal to Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton may, in fact, have been the greatest of the American Founding Fathers. He was certainly one of the most important. Despite this, he has rarely been given his due. This superb collection of essays goes a considerable distance towards redressing the balance and towards restoring an American statesman to the central place that he occupied in his own time." -- Paul A. Rahe,author of Republics Ancient and Modern: Classical Republicanism and the American Revolution

About the Author

Douglas Ambrose is Sidney Wertimer, Jr. associate professor of history at Hamilton College, in Clinton, New York. He is the author of Henry Hughes and Proslavery Thought in the Old South.

Robert W. T. Martin is associate professor of government at Hamilton College and author of The Free and Open Press (NYU Press, 2001).

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00499DQTA
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ NYU Press (April 1, 2006)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2006
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 883 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 311 pages
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    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For Those Interested in The Founding Fathers
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2006
This crisply written volume of eleven essays by leading Alexander Hamilton scholars provides an excellent reading experience for any person interested in the founding years of the United States. The essays are well documented and present new scholarship and a clearer understanding about the centrality of Hamilton throughout the founding period of the U.S. The beauty of the book comes from the clarity of writing and information conveyed, while not glossing over the debates still surrounding Hamilton and his many legacies.
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EARL R. BRUMMETT
4.0 out of 5 stars How little I knew and how much impact he has had on me
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013
Hamilton is becoming a new hero for me. Before this book I knew very little about the major impact on our country and even on my own current life. He was without question one of the people that had a very high batting average, even with the logger-head relationship with T. Jefferson.
They were an ideal tag team. They brought the best out of the other. I doubt that we will ever be able to know how much better off we are because of what they were and how their combined efforts yielded the best compromises of their times.
An eye opening read.
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