George Washington ReconsideredDon Higginbotham University of Virginia Press, 2001 - 336 páginas George Washington, heroic general of the Revolution, master of Mount Vernon, and first president of the United States, remains the most enigmatic figure of the founding generation, with historians and the public at large still arguing over the strengths of his character and the nature of his intellectual and political contributions to the early republic. Representing the finest recent scholarship on Washington, these thirteen essays by the leading scholars in the field strike a balance between Washington's personal life and character and his public life as a soldier and political figure. Editor Don Higginbotham provides an introduction about Washington and his treatment by historians, and an afterword devoted to how the American people have viewed Washington, including the 1999 commemorations of the bicentennial of his death. With three essays written specifically for this volume, George Washington Reconsidered is the first collection of its kind to be published in over thirty years. |
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... History , created an atmosphere there conducive to scholarship as well as teaching . I thank him and all my colleagues there for a most rewarding year . Professor Peter Coclanis , chair of the Depart- ment of History at the University ...
... History and Biography Virginia Magazine of History and Biography William and Mary Quarterly , 3d ser . Freeman , Washington Douglas Southall Freeman , George Washington : A Biography , 7 vols . ( New York , 1948-57 ) Flexner ...
... history soon took a turn for the better . Of the twelve essays the editor selected for his volume , all but three reached print after 1947. Two publishing enterprises stand out above all others in terms of what new work was available to ...
... history : an examination of the man : his family , his home , his agricultural pursuits , his slaves , his hopes for the West , and his attitudes toward death and afterlife . The last topic seemed as relevant as any in 1999 , the year ...
... history , a mansion that every American felt he or she was entitled to visit and be entertained by the nation's number - one host and first chief executive . Washington's generalship in the Revolution has lately generated min- imal ...
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III | 15 |
IV | 38 |
V | 67 |
VI | 94 |
VII | 114 |
VIII | 139 |
IX | 141 |
X | 165 |
XII | 212 |
XIII | 250 |
XIV | 273 |
XV | 275 |
XVI | 287 |
XVII | 309 |
XVIII | 325 |
XI | 198 |