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Informationen zum Autor Edward G. Lengel is Professor and Editor-in-Chief of the Papers of George Washington, a documentary editing project dedicated to the transcription and publication of original documents, at the University of Virginia. His books include General George Washington: A Military Life (2005); This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War Letters (2008), Inventing George Washington: America's Founder in Myth and Memory (2011), and many others. Lengel is a columnist for Military History magazine and has appeared in documentaries about Washington on The History Channel. Klappentext 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 life* Features original essays from top scholars and popular historians* Based on new research from thousands of previously unpublished letters to and from Washington "Scholars of the American Revolution should encourage their libraries to consider adding this title to their collections and should certainly consult it when needed." ("Journal of Military History", 1 May 2013) Zusammenfassung These essays by scholars and popular historians cover every aspect of Washington's life and provide rich new insights into his legacy. 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: George Washington Finds Fame in the American Frontier, 1749-1754 15 Jason E. Farr 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 32 John K. Rowland 4. A Provincial Goes to War: George Washington and the Virginia Regiment, 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 Career of 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 1776 153 Barnet Schecter 11. The Crossing: The Trenton and Princeton Campaign of 1776-1777 173 Stuart Leibiger 12. George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777 190 Thomas J. McGuire 13. Washington at Valley Forge 209 Mary Stockwell 14. The Politics of Battle: Washington, the Army, and the Monmouth Campaign 226 Mark Edward Lender 15. "The most unlimited Confidence in his Wisdom & Judgement": Washington as Commander in Chief in the First Years of the French Alliance 245 Benjamin L. Huggins 16. Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781 266 Robert A. Selig 17. "High Time For Peace": George Washington and the Close 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: Amer...
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About the Contributors
Introduction
1. The Youth of George Washington
Jessica E. Brunelle
2. The Unlikely Success of a Provincial Surveyor: George Washington Finds Fame in the American Frontier, 1749-1754.
Jason E. Farr
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
John Kenneth Rowland
4. A Provincial Goes to War: George Washington and the Virginia Regiment, August 1755-January 1759
Peter C. Luebke
5. Entrepreneur
Dennis C. Pogue
6. George Washington and His Family
Patricia Brady
7. Washington and Slavery
L. Scott Philyaw
8. "What Manner of Man I Am": The Political Career of George Washington before the Revolution
Taylor Stoermer
9. George Washington and the Siege of Boston
Robert J. Allison
10. George Washington at New York: The Campaign of 1776
Barnet Schecter
11. The Crossing: The Trenton and Princeton Campaign of 1776-1777
Stuart Leibiger
12. George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777
Thomas J. McGuire
13. Washington at Valley Forge
Mary Stockwell
14. The Politics of Battle: Washington, the Army, and the Monmouth Campaign
Mark Edward Lender
15. "The most unlimited Confidence in his Wisdom & Judgement": Washington as Commander in Chief in the First Years of the French Alliance
Benjamin L. Huggins
16. Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781
Robert A. Selig
17. "High Time For Peace": George Washington and the Close of the American Revolution
William M. Fowler, Jr.
18. George Washington's Navy
John B. Hattendorf
19. Washington's Irregulars
John W. Hall
20. George Washington Spymaster
John A. Nagy
21. Administrator in Chief
Cheryl R. Collins
22. George Washington: America's First Soldier
Thomas A. Rider II
23. Revolution and Peace
James M. Mac Donald
24. George Washington and the Constitution
Whit Ridgway
25. George Washington and Republican Government: The Political Thought of George Washington
Nicholas P. Cole
26. One Cause, One Purpose, One Nation: George Washington, the Whiskey Insurrection, and Executive Authority
Carol S. Ebel
27. Securing the Revolution: The American Economy and the Challenge of Independence
Dana John Stefanelli
28. George Washington and the Emergence of Party Politics in the New Nation
Rosemarie Zagarri
29. Foreign Policy in the Presidential Era
Jeffrey J. Malanson
30. George Washington in Retirement
Alexia Jones Helsley
31. George Washington's Mind
William M. Ferraro
32. Religion: George Washington, Anglican Gentleman
Mary V. Thompson
33. George Washington, Death and Mourning
Meredith Eliassen
34. The Washington Image in American Culture
Scott E. Casper
Bibliography
Commentaire
"[T]he collection contains an admirable mixture of sturdy, predictable, but necessary chapters intermixed with refreshingly original chapters on less-studied aspects of Washington s career. ...It promises to be, as other volumes in the Blackwell Companions to American History series aspire to be, the standard one-volume reference on its subject." ( Journal of American History , 1 September 2013
"Scholars of the American Revolution should encourage their libraries to consider adding this title to their collections and should certainly consult it when needed." ( Journal of Military History , 1 May 2013)
