"And night returning brings me no relief": Hamilton and the founding generation -- Hamilton and the Jacksonian era: the monster bank and the coming of war -- Hamilton rises again: Civil War and his vindication -- Hamilton's gilded age: his renaissance -- The twilight of Hamiltonianism: 1901-1928 -- Slouching toward oblivion: Hamilton as the new deal's great beast -- Hail Columbia! Hamilton and Cold War America -- At century's end: a Hamilton restoration on the horizon? -- Getting right with Hamilton: "the public good must be paramount."