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The Revolutionary Writings of Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

出版	Liberty Fund, 2008
主題	Biography & Autobiography / HistoricalHistory / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)History / Modern / GeneralHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Political Science / History & TheoryPolitical Science / ConstitutionsPolitical Science / Political Process / LeadershipPolitical Science / American Government / General
ISBN	08659770549780865977051
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SHcrAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

As one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Hamilton occupies an eccentric, even flamboyant, position compared with Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Madison, and Marshall. Hamilton's genius, forged during his service in the Continental Army in the Revolution, brought him not only admiration but also suspicion. As the country he helped to found grew and changed, so did his thinking. Consistency with earlier positions was never a hallmark of Hamilton's thought, which changed as the country changed from thirteen breakaway British colonies to a single independent nation. Alexander Hamilton's thought has, for over two hundred years, been noted for its deviations from American revolutionary Whig orthodoxy. From a conventional Whig at the beginning of his career, Hamilton developed a Federalist viewpoint that liberty depended above all on the creation of a powerful central government. In this collection, we find the seeds of this development, as Hamilton's early optimistic confidence in the triumph of American Whig principles begins to give way, under the influence of his experience during the Revolution, to his mature Federalism. Hamilton's political philosophy reflected his vision of the central government as the protector of individual liberties, in sharp contrast to the popular democratic sentiments of his archrival Jefferson.