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Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth by Stephen F. Knott - Book Review
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The Perils of Partisan History.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND THE PERSISTENCE OF MYTH. By Stephen F. Knott. University Press of Kansas. 336 pp. $34.95.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON and the Persistence of Myth is a book from which one can learn a great deal, but neither about Alexander Hamilton nor the persistence of myth. It is concerned with American history--more specifically, the history of the American Founding. It focuses on two representative symbols, Jefferson and Hamilton, and the persistent bifurcation in Americans' self-perception as a nation committed, on the one hand, to democracy, equality, ...See the full content of this document
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