Examines Hamilton's political thought with particular reference to his effort of making the American regime function more effectively than it had under the Articles of Convention.

Revolutionary leadership and the problem of power
Hamilton's plan of government and the resuscitation of republicanism
Hamilton's understanding of the American Constitution
Jefferson' understanding of the American Constitution
Hamilton's report on manufactures and political philosophy
Hamiltonian statesmanship and the Washington Presidency
the political thought of Hamilton's statesmanship
the peculiar distinctiveness of the American Constitution. Appendix: the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and the crisis of the Constitution.