TY - BOOK AU - Cost, Jay. TI - The price of greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the creation of American oligarchy SN - 9781541697461 U1 - 973.26COS PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Madison, James, 1751-1836 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index N2 - In the history of American politics there are few stories as enigmatic as that of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison's bitterly personal falling out. Together they helped bring the Constitution into being, yet soon after the new republic was born they broke over the meaning of its founding document. Hamilton emphasized economic growth, Madison the importance of republican principles ER -