Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Alexander Hamilton 1757–1804
5. Chapter 1. St. Croix and Trauma 10
6. Chapter 2. New York and Promise 18
7. Chapter 3. War and Heroism 25
8. Chapter 4. Love and Social Status 34
9. Chapter 5. The Roots of His Thinking 45
10. Chapter 6. Robert Morris, Hamilton, and Finance 56
11. Chapter 7. The Constitution 74
12. Chapter 8. New Government, Old Debt 87
13. Chapter 9. The Fight over the Debt 97
14. Chapter 10. The Bank of the United States 110
15. Chapter 11. Diversifying the Economy 122
16. Chapter 12. Tensions and Political Parties 137
17. Chapter 13. The Decline 156
18. Chapter 14. The Duel 171
19. Part II. Albert Gallatin 1761–1849
20. Chapter 15. Choosing the New World 178
21. Chapter 16. Moving to the West 186
22. Chapter 17. Entering Politics 195
23. Chapter 18. Becoming Jeffersonian 204
24. Chapter 19. The Climb to Power 215
25. Chapter 20. Debt, Armaments, and Louisiana 227
26. Chapter 21. Developing the West 246
27. Chapter 22. Embargo and Frustration 271
28. Chapter 23. Dispiriting Diplomacy 284
29. Chapter 24. The Fate of the Bank 290
30. Chapter 25. Financing the Wayward War 298
31. Chapter 26. Winning the Peace 306
32. Chapter 27. His Long and Useful Life 315
33. Part III. The Legacies
34. Chapter 28. Immigrant Exceptionalism? 329
35. Chapter 29. Comparisons and Contingencies 341
36. Chapter 30. Capitalism and Credit 350
37. Chapter 31. The Political Economy of Hamilton and Gallatin 357
38. Notes 367
39. Acknowledgments 441
40. Credits 444
41. Index 446