| Description |
xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-336) and index. |
| Contents |
From providence into fortune, 1757(?)-1781 -- Prepared to be not good, 1781-1788 -- At Washington's side again, 1789 -- Hamilton versus the Virginians, 1789-1791 -- Nootka Sound Crisis, part one : the Morris Mission -- Nootka Sound, part two : the view from New York -- Liaisons dangereuses, 1791-1792 -- Birth of American neutrality, February-May 1793 -- "A most distressing dilemma," May-December 1793 -- Hamilton and the crisis of 1794 -- Jay Treaty -- Return to not-so-private life, 1794-1795 -- "Camillus" into the breach -- A high-stakes game : Washington's farewell address, 1796 -- Transition to the new regime, 1796-1797 -- Hamilton and Adams : the background -- Hamilton's "grand plan" -- Hamilton and his army, part one, 1797-1798 -- Hamilton and his army, part two, 1798-1799 -- Killing two birds with one stone, 1799 -- 1800 and after -- From fortune into providence -- Conclusion : Hamilton then and now. |
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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. |
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Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
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Statesmen. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1775-1783.
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1783 |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1815.
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| Chronological Term |
1783-1815 |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527.
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Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527. |
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International relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0521834856 hardback |
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