The price of greatness : (Record no. 35333)
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| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
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| LC control number | 2017042662 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781541697461 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call number | 973.26 CO PR |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Authors | Cost, Jay |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The price of greatness : |
| Subtitle | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the creation of American oligarchy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Jay Cost |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Publisher | Basic Books, |
| Date | c2018. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ix, 235 p. ; |
| Size | 25 cm. |
| CONTENTS | |
| Contents | The Great Desideratum -- One Great American System -- Doing Full Justice -- The Tool and the Tyrant -- Vexations and Spoliation -- Metaphysical War -- Intrigue and Corruption -- The Vilest of Cheats. |
| SUMMARY | |
| Summary | 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 document. Hamilton emphasized economic growth, Madison the importance of republican principles. Jay Cost is the first to argue that both men were right--and that their quarrel reveals a fundamental paradox at the heart of the American experiment. He shows that each man in his own way came to accept corruption as a necessary cost of growth. The Price of Greatness reveals the trade-off that made the United States the richest nation in human history, and that continues to fracture our politics to this day. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Corruption |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Human history |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| -- | 24537 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| -- | 4564 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| -- | 24538 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Total Renewals | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last borrowed | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 2019-01-06 | Kinokuniya | 3 | 4 | 973.26 CO PR | T0061529 | 2023-06-08 | 2023-05-01 | 2019-01-06 | REGULAR | Dec2018 |