Report on the Subject of Manufactures

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The book presents Alexander Hamilton's influential speech delivered to the House of Representatives in 1791, outlining strategies for strengthening the early U.S. economy. It emphasizes industrial subsidies, trade tariffs, immigration, and technological advancement as key components of economic growth. This sixth edition, published in 1827, includes two prefaces that contextualize Hamilton's groundbreaking ideas, which served as foundational principles for the American economy for over a century.