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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... character , and good citizenship , all themes they prefer to stress instead of plowing old ground on Washington's valedictory . Though there remains more new pres- idential terrain to cover , we now have a solid , readable book on his ...
... character . Wash- ington's vision of America included a West securely anchored to the orig- inal thirteen states of the East . Both before and during his presidency he did much to bring that vision to fruition through advocacy of ...
... Character , however one defines it , seemed to be on everyone's list of what set Washington apart in that now - distant age . It is also on Wood's list , and he explains what character means to him . Those who wish to probe further in ...
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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 |