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

byJay Cost

Centered on the alexander hamilton, james madison, and the creation of american oligarchy, The Price of Greatness shows Jay Cost tracing how individual lives intersect with institutions, ideas, and historical change. The Price of Greatness combines archival sources, narrative history, and voices from the period, allowing the evidence to complicate easy judgments and familiar explanations. Seen through the lens of history, The Price of Greatness explains not only what happened, but why competing interpretations still matter. The Price of Greatness emphasizes the specific circumstances that made this story possible and the consequences that followed.

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

2018

Format

Print edition

Pages

235

ISBN

9781541697461