Alexander Hamilton

Ambivalent Anglophile

Lawrence S. Kaplan

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2002
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780742569744
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Historical Biographies
• Index: History

Of all of the Founding Fathers of the American republic none, with the possible exception of Thomas Jefferson, has evoked more passions and aroused more controversy than Alexander Hamilton. In this absorbing new biography, eminent historian Lawrence Kaplan examines Hamilton's conception of America's role in the world and the foreign policies that followed from his vision. Kaplan looks at how Hamilton acted upon his views in shaping the course of American foreign relations. The author provides a focused, accessible biography of Hamilton and a nuanced assessment of his impact on Federalist Era foreign policy. In the Jefferson-Jackson era Hamilton's persona as an elitist urban aristocrat condemned him as an enemy of an expanding democratic America-an Anglophile at a time when Great Britain was the major adversary. Such was his reputation as an enemy of the common man that his deep-seated opposition to the institution of slavery won little recognition from northern abolitionists. This book will fascinate readers with its insights into Hamilton and the formative years of the United States of America.

Table of contents

• Biographies - IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
• Volumes Published
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• About the Author
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Chronology
• 1 - The Rise of a Wunderkind
• 2 - The War as Opportunity
• 3 - Toward the Constitution
• 4 - Secretary of the Treasury
• 5 - To the Jay Treaty
• 6 - Behind the Scenes
• 7 - General Manque
• 8 - Epilogue
• Bibliographical Essay
• Index