Dr. Alexander Hamilton and Provincial America: Expanding the Orbit of Scottish Culture

by Elaine G. Breslaw

In this sweeping biography, Elaine G. Breslaw examines the life of Dr. Alexander Hamilton (1712--1756), a highly educated Scottish physician who immigrated to Maryland in 1738. From an elite European family, Hamilton was immediately confronted with the relatively primitive social milieu of the New World. He faced unfamiliar and challenging social institutions: the labor system that relied on black slaves, extraordinarily fluid social statuses, distasteful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807132780
• ISBN13: 9780807132784
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"