Jefferson and Hamilton (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
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- Author: Claude G. Bowers
- First Published: 1925
- Type of Work: Political history
- Time of Work: End of the Eighteenth century
- Setting: New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Paris, and London
- Principal Characters: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, Albert Gallatin, Aaron Burr, Mrs. William Bingham, John Jay, Thomas Pinckney, Charles C. Pinckney, John Adams
- Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Journalism or journalists, Politics, American Revolution, Eighteenth century, Politicians, Government, French Revolution, Democracy
- Locales: New York, Paris, France, Philadelphia, PA, Washington, D.C., London, England
The dramatic and picturesque aspects of the birth of the United States are presented in Claude G. Bowers’ book about the political struggle of the last quarter of the eighteenth century. The surrender at Yorktown ended one phase of the Revolution, only to begin another, a battle of fundamentals of government. Should the new republic develop along aristocratic or democratic lines? Leaders in the conflict were Thomas Jefferson, who believed in the political sense of the common people, and Alexander Hamilton, who did not trust an illiterate people to develop government.
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