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The price of greatness : Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the creation of American oligarchy /

In the history of American politics, there are few stories as enigmatic as that of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison's bitterly personal falling out. Together, they helped bring the Constitution into being, yet soon after the new republic was born they broke over the meaning of its founding...

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Main Author:	Cost, Jay (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Madison, James, > 1751-1836. Hamilton, Alexander, > 1757-1804. United States > Politics and government > 1789-1815. HISTORY / United States / General.

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