George Washington ReconsideredDon Higginbotham University of Virginia Press, 2001 - 336 Seiten 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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... Constitution in 1787-88 , and his Farewell Address on leaving the presidency . Wills charts his location in En- lightenment painting with seventy - nine black - and - white and six color il- lustrations . A " virtuoso " at resignations ...
... Constitutional- ism ( 1993 ) treats in depth this story , long in need of monographic scrutiny . His book also contains the most insightful treatment of how Washington put flesh on the Constitution's Article II , which covers the ...
... Constitution at the 1788 Virginia Convention.14 As one can see from Leibiger's book , Washington had a tendency not to forgive and forget . Keenly sensitive to criticism and possessed of a fiery temper that only rarely erupted , he ...
... Constitution or after serving two terms as president . Joseph J. Ellis reveals how the Farewell Address served both as a means of reflecting on his presidency , with its lasting precedents for the executive branch , and as a way of ...
... Constitution . As Edmund S. Morgan depicts this " aloof American , " Wash- ington employed his natural dignity and reserve to increase the respect he needed to engage in nation building . He could never have succeeded of course without ...
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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 |
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For Liberty and Glory: Washington, Lafayette, and Their Revolutions James R. Gaines Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |