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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Alexander Hamilton"”.
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Alexander Hamilton and the National Bank.
<p>The purpose of this manuscript is to explain Alexander Hamilton's idea that a national bank was essential for America's survival. Three key ingredients, clarified through the use of letters and documents, are used to understand the importance of Hamilton's objective: 1) Hamilton's relationship …
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Oracle at Weehawken: Alexander Hamilton and development of the administrative state
This dissertation analyzes the major role that Alexander Hamilton's ideas and innovations played in the development of the American administrative state during and subsequent to the Federalist era. Secondly, it contrasts the richness of Hamilton's prudential theory of public administration with the …
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The Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures: Class and Political Economy in the Early Republic
… was an attempt by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, with the help of his Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Tench Coxe, to turn Hamilton’s “Report on Manufactures” into a physical reality. Although the SUM would dissolve only five years after openings its doors, there is plenty …
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Defining The Republic
… Philosophy</p> <p>The “Great Divergence” between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison is one of the most well-known events in the early history of the United States. Together, Hamilton and Madison wrote most of The Federalist, and each was pivotal in securing the acceptance of the Constitution in …
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Anglo-American Relations, 1789-1794
… central theme is that the policy advocated by Alexander Hamilton, and supported by most of the Federalists, was on the whole the one best suited to the strengths and weaknesses, internal and external, of the United States during this early stage in its development. Viewed in a contemporary …
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Executive Powers: The Role of the Supreme Court in an Expanding Presidency
<p>In the "Pacificus-Helvidius" debate of 1793, Alexander Hamilton locked horns with James Madison in a classic exchange of broadsides on the issue of express versus inherent executive powers. In his interpretation of presidential powers, Hamilton sows the seeds for an argument which justifies the …
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Federalism And The No Child Left Behind Act : An Analysis Using Constitutional Systems And Adaptive Work Frameworks
… public policy approach, emerged from writings by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Justice Felix Frankfurter, and Akhil Reed Amar as well as opinions by Justices Brandeis and O’Connor. Federalism as a public policy views the federal and state governments as equal partners wherein states serve as …
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Opportunities of Empire: Three Barbary captives and American nation-building, 1770-1840
… the innate genius of Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton, typical self-made men depended upon luck and adaptability to secure financial independence and public recognition. The literary and professional contributions of these three sailors also became part of a revolutionary …
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Opportunities of Empire: Three Barbary captives and American nation-building, 1770-1840
… the innate genius of Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton, typical self-made men depended upon luck and adaptability to secure financial independence and public recognition. The literary and professional contributions of these three sailors also became part of a revolutionary …
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Rethinking adaptive reuse
… the oldest industrial site in America founded by Alexander Hamilton. He chose it because the seventy-foot Great Falls was a prime source of hydroelectric power. He laid foundations in the city that helped make Paterson a prime textile-manufacturing center throughout the nineteenth and early part …
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Transformative leadership and the purpose of schooling in affluent communities
… idealism of Thomas Jefferson and the realism of Alexander Hamilton, between democratic politics and capitalist markets, and between public good responsibility and private good expectations—combine with the ever increasing list of normative requirements of the school leadership role and represent …
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Laborlandschaft : redesigning the industrial laboratory module
This thesis proposes to redesign the industrial pharmaceutical laboratory typology by rethinking the composition of the laboratory module; the smallest functional sub-unit of the laboratory type. The design for this thesis applies contemporary corporate counter-culture spatial organizational ideas …
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Humanoid Robot Soccer Locomotion and Kick Dynamics: Open Loop Walking, Kicking and Morphing into Special Motions on the Nao Robot
Striker speed and accuracy in the RoboCup (SPL) international robot soccer league is becoming increasingly important as the level of play rises. Competition around the ball is now decided in a matter of seconds. Therefore, eliminating any wasted actions or motions is crucial when attempting to kick …