Lengel A Companion to George Washington

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-21992-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 640 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History

Utilizing new primary source material from the Papers of GeorgeWashington, a documentary editing project dedicated to thetranscription and publication of original documents, A Companionto George Washington features a collection of original readingsfrom scholars and popular historians that shed new light on allaspects of the life of George Washington.
* Provides readers with new insights into previously neglectedaspects of Washington's life
* Features original essays from top scholars and popularhistorians
* Based on new research from thousands of previously unpublishedletters to and from Washington

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lengel, Edward G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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: GeorgeWashington Finds Fame in the American Frontier, 1749-175415
Jason E. Farr
3. Treating American Indians as 'Slaves','Dogs', and Unwanted Allies: George Washington, EdwardBraddock, and the Influence of Ethnocentrism and DiplomaticPragmatism in Ohio Valley Military Relations, 1753-175532
John K. Rowland
4. A Provincial Goes to War: George Washington and the VirginiaRegiment, 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 Careerof 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 1776153
Barnet Schecter
11. The Crossing: The Trenton and Princeton Campaign of1776-1777 173
Stuart Leibiger
12. George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777190
Thomas J. McGuire
13. Washington at Valley Forge 209
Mary Stockwell
14. The Politics of Battle: Washington, the Army, and theMonmouth Campaign 226
Mark Edward Lender
15. "The most unlimited Confidence in his Wisdom &Judgement": Washington as Commander in Chief in the FirstYears of the French Alliance 245
Benjamin L. Huggins
16. Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781266
Robert A. Selig
17. "High Time For Peace": George Washington and theClose 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 PoliticalThought of George Washington 430
Nicholas P. Cole
26. One Cause, One Purpose, One Nation: George Washington, theWhiskey Insurrection, and Executive Authority 447
Carol S. Ebel
27. Securing the Revolution: The American Economy and theChallenge of Independence 471
Dana John Stefanelli
28. George Washington and the Emergence of Party Politics in theNew 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

Über Autor(innen)

Edward G. Lengel is Professor and Editor-in-Chief of thePapers of George Washington, a documentary editing projectdedicated to the transcription and publication of originaldocuments, at the University of Virginia. His books includeGeneral George Washington: A Military Life (2005); ThisGlorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary WarLetters (2008), Inventing George Washington: America'sFounder in Myth and Memory (2011), and many others. Lengel is acolumnist for Military History magazine and has appeared indocumentaries about Washington on The History Channel.