The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding by

Description: The Hamilton Scheme by William Hogeland "A history of Alexander Hamiltons plan to transform the American economy"-- FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "William Hogeland is the best guide I have found to understanding how we today are, for good and evil, children of Alexander." --J. Bradford DeLong, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Slouching Towards UtopiaHow Alexander Hamilton embraced American oligarchy to jumpstart American prosperity. "Forgotten founder" no more, Alexander Hamilton has become a global celebrity. Millions know his name. Millions imagine knowing the man. But what did he really want for the country? What risks did he run in pursuing those vaulting ambitions? Who tried to stop him? How did they fight? Its ironic that the Hamilton revival has obscured the mans most dramatic battles and hardest-won achievements--as well as downplaying unsettling aspects of his legacy. Thrilling to the romance of becoming the one-man inventor of a modern nation, our first Treasury secretary fostered growth by engineering an ingenious dynamo--banking, public debt, manufacturing--for concentrating national wealth in the hands of a government-connected elite. Seeking American prosperity, he built American oligarchy. Hence his animus and mutual sense of betrayal with Jefferson and Madison--and his career-long fight to suppress a rowdy egalitarian movement little remembered today: the eighteenth-century white working class. Marshaling an idiosyncratic cast of insiders and outsiders, vividly dramatizing backroom intrigues and literal street fights--and sharply dissenting from recent biographies--William Hogelands The Hamilton Scheme brings to life Hamiltons vision and the hard-knock struggles over democracy, wealth, and the meaning of America that drove the nations creation and hold enduring significance today. Author Biography William Hogeland is the author of several books about the founding period, including Autumn of the Black Snake, The Whiskey Rebellion, and Declaration, as well as the essay collections Founding Finance and Inventing American History. He has been a contributor to The New Republic and Boston Review and publishes Hogelands Bad History on Substack. Review "[A] provocative, fast-paced book." --Zeke Faux, The New York Times "Excellent if you want to know the real history of the United States." --Eric Bogosian "[A] blistering study...the narrative is stocked with colorful, unflattering profiles of other founding fathers...lucid and impressive...bracing and insightful." --Publishers Weekly "A well-wrought tale of how the American empire came to be born on the balance sheet as much as by the gun." --Kirkus Reviews "[D]rama-filled and insightful . . . Finely drawn characters bring The Hamilton Scheme to life and show the divisions in postwar economic philosophy that are still at play today." --BookPage "Americas exceptional wealth relative to other North Atlantic economies is, to a remarkable degree, Alexander Hamiltons creation. And so is Americas remarkable tolerance for high inequality. William Hogeland is the best guide I have found to understanding how we today are, for good and evil, children of Alexander." --J. Bradford DeLong, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Slouching Towards Utopia "Ive always loved William Hogelands writing, especially the confidence and verve with which he knocks down others stupid sentimentalities in favor of a smart sentimentality thats actually worth holding onto: that American can truly be democratic. This book reveals a knockdown, drag-out, and often violent class war that hid in plain sight over what kind of economy America should have. It makes for as riveting a story as any hip-hop Broadway musical. And its far more accurate to boot." --Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland and Reaganland "Alexander Hamiltons plans to consolidate wealth in an investor class were once as hotly debated as anything in American history. It took a lot of forgetting to make him a hero of the people. Were in William Hogelands debt for getting the story straight and for telling it so engagingly, as it needs to be told, from the top down and from the bottom up." --David Waldstreicher, distinguished professor of history at the CUNY Graduate Center and author of Slaverys Constitution and The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley "A bold and creative new narrative of Alexander Hamiltons role in the American founding that brings lesser known but vital players into view." --Annette Gordon-Reed, Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard University and author of On Juneteenth and The Hemingses of Monticello Details ISBN0374167834 Author William Hogeland Pages 544 Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780374167837 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-05-28 Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux Subtitle An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding Audience General Language English ISBN-10 0374167834 UK Release Date 2024-05-28 DEWEY 338.973 Illustrations Illustrations We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160142865;

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