A companion to George Washington / edited by Edward G. Lengel.

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
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1 online resource (679 p.)

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Blackwell companions to American history. [More in this series]
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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 lifeFeatures original essays from top scholars and popular historiansBased on new research from thousands of previously unpublished le
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
Contents
  • A Companion to George Washington; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1. The Youth of George Washington; 2. The Unlikely Success of a Provincial Surveyor: George Washington Finds Fame in the American Frontier, 1749-1754; 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; 4. A Provincial Goes to War: George Washington and the Virginia Regiment, August 1755-January 1759; 5. Entrepreneur
  • 6. George Washington and His Family7. Washington and Slavery; 8. "What Manner of Man I Am": The Political Career of George Washington before the Revolution; 9. George Washington and the Siege of Boston; 10. George Washington at New York: The Campaign of 1776; 11. The Crossing: The Trenton and Princeton Campaign of 1776-1777; 12. George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777; 13. Washington at Valley Forge; 14. The Politics of Battle: Washington, the Army, and the Monmouth Campaign
  • 15. "The most unlimited Confidence in his Wisdom & Judgement": Washington as Commander in Chief in the First Years of the French Alliance16. Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781; 17. "High Time For Peace": George Washington and the Close of the American Revolution; 18. George Washington's Navy; 19. Washington's Irregulars; 20. George Washington Spymaster; 21. Administrator in Chief; 22. George Washington: America's First Soldier; 23. Revolution and Peace; 24. George Washington and the Constitution
  • 25. George Washington and Republican Government: The Political Thought of George Washington26. One Cause, One Purpose, One Nation: George Washington, the Whiskey Insurrection, and Executive Authority; 27. Securing the Revolution: The American Economy and the Challenge of Independence; 28. George Washington and the Emergence of Party Politics in the New Nation; 29. Foreign Policy in the Presidential Era; 30. George Washington in Retirement; 31. George Washington's Mind; 32. Religion: George Washington, Anglican Gentleman; 33. George Washington, Death and Mourning
  • 34. The Washington Image in American CultureBibliography; Index
ISBN
  • 1-118-21994-5
  • 1-78268-689-4
  • 1-280-58676-1
  • 9786613616593
  • 1-118-21992-9
  • 1-118-21996-1
  • 1-118-21993-7
OCLC
792685086
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