Jefferson vs. Hamilton
Subtitle: confrontations that shaped a nation
By: Noble E. Cunningham Jr.
Series: The Bedford series in history and culture
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views.; Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 -- Political and social views.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809 -- Sources.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 -- Sources.
Genres: Sources.
Other titles: Jefferson versus Hamilton
Description: "This documentary study of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton focuses on their differing views of society and government in the formative years of the new American nation. Interweaving more than forty documents into seven chronological chapters, the text follows the lives and careers of the two men from their youth through the Revolutionary War to the death of Hamilton in 1804.

In each chapter, generous excerpts from their public papers and private letters reveal the two men's often divergent views on government and the Constitution, economic and foreign policy, and the military, and illustrate the roles they played in the emergence of political parties. Reading Jefferson's First Inaugural Address, the Report on Public Credit, the Kentucky Resolutions, and a host of other documents, readers can explore firsthand the two men's philosophies and the impact these had on the emerging nation.

Also included are ten illustrations, a Jefferson/Hamilton chronology, a bibliography, and an index."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-179) and index.