Popular culture has long engaged in mythmaking about America’s Founders, often interpreting them as symbols that reflect contemporary concerns. Despite its novel artistry and casting, Hamilton: An American Musical for the most part conforms to this tradition in general and to the usual celebratory script about Alexander Hamilton in particular.
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Matthew E. Brown is Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of Illinois-Springfield.
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| Other Independent Review articles by Matthew E. Brown | ||
| Summer 2021 | Free to Move: Foot Voting, Migration, and Political Freedom | |
| Fall 2019 | The Economics of Poverty Traps | |
| Spring 2017 | Hamilton on Broadway and the Founding in American Culture: An Introduction | |
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