Wright, Robert E.  1969- <br/><br/>
One nation under debt :  Hamilton, Jefferson, and the history of what we owe / 
Robert E. Wright. 
 - New York :  McGraw-Hill,  c2008. 
 - ix, 419 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-386) and index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>A twinkle in the eye : the importance of government debt -- Parentage : European precedents -- Conception : financing revolution -- Gestation : the Constitution and the national debt -- Birth : Alexander Hamilton's grand plan -- Youth and maturity : the public debt grows up, then slims down -- Life : the life and times of federal bondholders in Virginia -- Blessing : American economic growth -- Death and reincarnation : Jackson's triumph and failure. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780071543934 (hbk.) 0071543937 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. <br/>Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Debts, Public--History--United States--18th century.<br/>Budget deficits--History--United States--18th century.<br/>Government spending policy--History--United States--18th century.<br/>Debts, Public--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Budget deficits--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Government spending policy--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>336.340973  / WRI 2008