A Companion to George Washington (eBook)

Edward G. Lengel (Herausgeber)

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2012
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781118219966 (ISBN)

Infos

Utilizing new primary source material from the Papers of George Washington, a documentary editing project dedicated to the transcription and publication of original documents, A Companion to George Washington features a collection of original readings from scholars and popular historians that shed new light on all aspects of the life of George Washington.

• Provides readers with new insights into previously neglected aspects of Washington's life
• Features original essays from top scholars and popular historians
• Based on new research from thousands of previously unpublished letters to and from Washington

Autor

Edward G. Lengel is Professor and Editor-in-Chief of the Papers of George Washington, a documentary editing project dedicated to the transcription and publication of original documents, at the University of Virginia. His books include General George Washington: A Military Life (2005); This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters (2008), Inventing George Washington: America's Founder in Myth and Memory (2011), and many others. Lengel is a columnist for Military History magazine and has appeared in documentaries about Washington on The History Channel.

Inhalt

List of Figures viii

Notes on Contributors ix

Introduction xvi

1. The Youth of George Washington 1

Jessica E. Brunelle

2. The Unlikely Success of a Provincial Surveyor: George
Washington Finds Fame in the American Frontier, 1749-1754
15

Jason E. Farr

3. 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
32

John K. Rowland

4. A Provincial Goes to War: George Washington and the Virginia
Regiment, August 1755-January 1759 53

Peter C. Luebke

5. Entrepreneur 70

Dennis J. Pogue

6. George Washington and His Family 86

Patricia Brady

7. Washington and Slavery 104

L. Scott Philyaw

8. "What Manner of Man I Am": The Political Career
of George Washington before the Revolution 121

Taylor Stoermer

9. George Washington and the Siege of Boston 137

Robert J. Allison

10. George Washington at New York: The Campaign of 1776
153

Barnet Schecter

11. The Crossing: The Trenton and Princeton Campaign of
1776-1777 173

Stuart Leibiger

12. George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777
190

Thomas J. McGuire

13. Washington at Valley Forge 209

Mary Stockwell

14. The Politics of Battle: Washington, the Army, and the
Monmouth Campaign 226

Mark Edward Lender

15. "The most unlimited Confidence in his Wisdom &
Judgement": Washington as Commander in Chief in the First
Years of the French Alliance 245

Benjamin L. Huggins

16. Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781
266

Robert A. Selig

17. "High Time For Peace": George Washington and the
Close of the American Revolution 288

William M. Fowler, Jr.

18. George Washington's Navy 302

John B. Hattendorf

19. Washington's Irregulars 320

John W. Hall

20. George Washington Spymaster 344

John A. Nagy

21. Administrator in Chief 358

Cheryl R. Collins

22. George Washington: America's First Soldier 378

Thomas A. Rider II

23. Revolution and Peace 399

James M. Mac Donald

24. George Washington and the Constitution 413

Whit Ridgway

25. George Washington and Republican Government: The Political
Thought of George Washington 430

Nicholas P. Cole

26. One Cause, One Purpose, One Nation: George Washington, the
Whiskey Insurrection, and Executive Authority 447

Carol S. Ebel

27. Securing the Revolution: The American Economy and the
Challenge of Independence 471

Dana John Stefanelli

28. George Washington and the Emergence of Party Politics in the
New Nation 490

Rosemarie Zagarri

29. Foreign Policy in the Presidential Era 506

Jeffrey J. Malanson

30. George Washington in Retirement 524

Alexia Jones Helsley

31. George Washington's Mind 542

William M. Ferraro

32. Religion: George Washington, Anglican Gentleman 558

Mary V. Thompson

33. George Washington, Death and Mourning 576

Meredith Eliassen

34. The Washington Image in American Culture 592

Scott E. Casper

Bibliography 612

Index 640

Rezensionen

"[T]he collection contains an admirable mixture of sturdy,
predictable, but necessary chapters intermixed with refreshingly
original chapters on less-studied aspects of Washington's career.
...It promises to be, as other volumes in the Blackwell Companions
to American History series aspire to be, the standard one-volume
reference on its subject." (Journal of American
History, 1 September 2013
"Scholars of the American Revolution should encourage their
libraries to consider adding this title to their collections and
should certainly consult it when needed." (Journal of
Military History, 1 May 2013)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.4.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Companions to American History
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 18th Century America • American Politics • American Revolution • American Social & Cultural History • American Social & Cultural History • Amerika im 18. Jahrhundert • first president • Founding Father • Geschichte • History • Independence • Mount Vernon • Political Science • Politik / Amerika • Politikwissenschaft • revolutionary general • Sozial- u. Kulturgeschichte Amerikas
• ISBN-13: 9781118219966 / 9781118219966