The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy - Couverture rigide

Cost, Jay

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1541697464 ISBN 13 : 9781541697461

Editeur : Basic Books, 2018

Synopsis

An incisive account of the tumultuous relationship between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison and of the origins of our wealthy yet highly unequal nation

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jay Cost is a senior writer at the Weekly Standard and has written for the Wall Street Journal, National Review, and Commentary. He holds a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Chicago. The author of A Republic No More and Spoiled Rotten, he lives in Harmony, Pennsylvania.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1541697464
• ISBN 13: 9781541697461
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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