Alexander Hamilton and the Political Order

An Interpretation of His Political Thought and Practice

von Morton J. Frisch

130 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This study examines Hamilton's political thought with a view to his effort of making the American regime function more effectively than it had under the Articles of Confederation. Contents: Revolutionary Leadership and the Problem of Power; Hamilton's Plan of Government and the Resuscitation of Republicanism; Hamilton's Understanding of the American Constitution; Jefferson's Understanding of the American Constitution; Hamilton's Report on Manufactures and Political Philosophy; Hamiltonian Statesmanship and the Washington Presidency; The Political Thought of Hamilton's Statesmanship; The Peculiar Distinctiveness of the American Constitution; Appendix: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and the Crisis of the Constitution

• Reihe: University Press of America
• ISBN: 9780819180490
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.03.1991
• Größe: 223 x 142 mm
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc