Radical Hamilton (Hardcover Book)

Radical Hamilton (Hardcover Book)

USD $26.95 Christian Parenti [Writer] Published by-Verso Books

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About the Radical Hamilton (Hardcover Book)

A bold, revisionist history and political biography of the polarizing Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton, that reframes the founding of the United States and the history of capitalism.

In retelling the story of the radical Alexander Hamilton, Parenti rewrites the history early America and global economic history writ large. For much of the twentieth century, Hamilton—sometimes seen as the bad boy of the founding fathers or portrayed as the patron saint of bankers—was out of fashion. In contrast his rival Thomas Jefferson, the patrician democrat and slave owner who feared government overreach, was claimed by all. But more recently, Hamilton has become a subject of serious interest again.

He was a contradictory mix: a tough soldier, austere workaholic, exacting bureaucrat, yet also a sexual libertine, and a glory-obsessed romantic with suicidal tendencies. As Parenti argues, we have yet to fully appreciate Hamilton as the primary architect of American capitalism and the developmental state. In exploring his life and work, Parenti rediscovers this gadfly as a path breaking political thinker and institution builder. In this vivid historical portrait, Hamilton emerges as a singularly important historical figure: a thinker and politico who laid the foundation for America's ascent to global supremacy—for better or worse.
 
“Wide-ranging, carefully researched, and forcefully written.”
—Alan Taylor, author of Thomas Jefferson's Education

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The price of "Radical Hamilton (Hardcover Book)" at Downtown Comics in Castleton is USD $26.95.

The publisher of "Radical Hamilton (Hardcover Book)" is Verso Books.

The genres of "Radical Hamilton (Hardcover Book)" are Biography & Autobiography - Presidents & Heads Of State, History - United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), and Political Science - History & Theory.

"Radical Hamilton (Hardcover Book)" falls under the category of Books (Hardcover).

The writer of "Radical Hamilton (Hardcover Book)" is Christian Parenti.