Alexander Hamilton

By Teri Kanefield

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Politics and government, Statesmen, United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809 -- Juvenile literature, Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 -- Juvenile literature, Hamilton, alexander, 1757-1804, Statesmen -- United States -- Juvenile literature

Description: The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. He envisioned something else: a multi-racial, urbanized, capitalistic America with a strong central government. He believed that such an America would be a land of opportunity for the poor and the newcomers.