A companion to George Washington

A companion to George Washington

Lengel, Edward G.

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Utilizing new primary source material from the Papers of George Washington, adocumentary editing project dedicated to the transcription and publication oforiginal documents, A Companion to George Washington features a collection oforiginal readings from scholars and popular historians that shed new light onall aspects of the life of George Washington. Provides readers with new insights into previously neglected aspects of Washington's lifeFeatures original essays from top scholars and popular historiansBased on new research from thousands of previously unpublished letters to and from Washington INDICE: List of Figures viiiNotes on Contributors ixIntroduction xvi1. TheYouth of George Washington 1Jessica E. Brunelle2. The Unlikely Success of a Provincial Surveyor: George Washington Finds Fame in the American Frontier, 1749-1754 15Jason E. Farr3. Treating American Indians as €˜Slaves€™, €˜Dogs€™, and Unwanted Allies: George Washington, Edward Braddock, and the Influence of Ethnocentrism and Diplomatic Pragmatism in Ohio Valley Military Relations, 1753-1755 32John K. Rowland4. A Provincial Goes to War: George Washington and the Virginia Regiment, August 1755-January 1759 53Peter C. Luebke5. Entrepreneur 70Dennis J. Pogue6. George Washington and His Family 86Patricia Brady7. Washington and Slavery 104L. Scott Philyaw8. What Manner of Man I Am: The Political Career of George Washington before the Revolution 121Taylor Stoermer9. George Washington and the Siege of Boston 137Robert J. Allison10. George Washington at New York: The Campaign of 1776 153Barnet Schecter11. The Crossing: The Trentonand Princeton Campaign of 1776-1777 173Stuart Leibiger12. George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777 190Thomas J. McGuire13. Washington at ValleyForge 209Mary Stockwell14. The Politics of Battle: Washington, the Army, and the Monmouth Campaign 226Mark Edward Lender15. The most unlimited Confidence in his Wisdom & Judgement: Washington as Commander in Chief in the First Years of the French Alliance 245Benjamin L. Huggins16. Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781 266Robert A. Selig17. High Time For Peace: George Washington and the Close of the American Revolution 288William M. Fowler,Jr.18. George Washington€™s Navy 302John B. Hattendorf19. Washington€™s Irregulars 320John W. Hall20. George Washington Spymaster 344John A. Nagy21. Administrator in Chief 358Cheryl R. Collins22. George Washington: America€™s First Soldier 378Thomas A. Rider II23. Revolution and Peace 399James M. Mac Donald24.George Washington and the Constitution 413Whit Ridgway25. George Washington and Republican Government: The Political Thought of George Washington 430Nicholas P. Cole26. One Cause, One Purpose, One Nation: George Washington, the Whiskey Insurrection, and Executive Authority 447Carol S. Ebel27. Securing the Revolution: The American Economy and the Challenge of Independence 471Dana John Stefanelli28. George Washington and the Emergence of Party Politics in the New Nation 490Rosemarie Zagarri29. Foreign Policy in the Presidential Era 506Jeffrey J. Malanson30. George Washington in Retirement 524Alexia Jones Helsley31. George Washington's Mind 542William M. Ferraro32. Religion: George Washington, Anglican Gentleman 558Mary V. Thompson33. George Washington, Death and Mourning576Meredith Eliassen34. The Washington Image in American Culture 592Scott E. CasperBibliography 612Index 640

  • ISBN: 978-1-4443-3103-5
  • Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 680
  • Fecha Publicación: 04/05/2012
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés