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A Companion to George Washington
Edward G. Lengel (Edited by), EG Lengel (Author)
9781444331035, Wiley
Hardback, published 19 April 2012
680 pages
25.4 x 18 x 3.8 cm, 1.211 kg
"[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
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.
List of Figures viii Notes on Contributors ix Introduction xvi 1. The Youth of George Washington 1 2. The Unlikely Success of a Provincial Surveyor: George Washington Finds Fame in the American Frontier, 1749–1754 15 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 4. A Provincial Goes to War: George Washington and the Virginia Regiment, August 1755–January 1759 53 5. Entrepreneur 70 6. George Washington and His Family 86 7. Washington and Slavery 104 8. “What Manner of Man I Am”: The Political Career of George Washington before the Revolution 121 9. George Washington and the Siege of Boston 137 10. George Washington at New York: The Campaign of 1776 153 11. The Crossing: The Trenton and Princeton Campaign of 1776–1777 173 12. George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777 190 13. Washington at Valley Forge 209 14. The Politics of Battle: Washington, the Army, and the Monmouth Campaign 226 15. “The most unlimited Confidence in his Wisdom & Judgement”: Washington as Commander in Chief in the First Years of the French Alliance 245 16. Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781 266 17. “High Time For Peace”: George Washington and the Close of the American Revolution 288 18. George Washington’s Navy 302 19. Washington’s Irregulars 320 20. George Washington Spymaster 344 21. Administrator in Chief 358 22. George Washington: America’s First Soldier 378 23. Revolution and Peace 399 24. George Washington and the Constitution 413 25. George Washington and Republican Government: The Political Thought of George Washington 430 26. One Cause, One Purpose, One Nation: George Washington, the Whiskey Insurrection, and Executive Authority 447 27. Securing the Revolution: The American Economy and the Challenge of Independence 471 28. George Washington and the Emergence of Party Politics in the New Nation 490 29. Foreign Policy in the Presidential Era 506 30. George Washington in Retirement 524 31. George Washington's Mind 542 32. Religion: George Washington, Anglican Gentleman 558 33. George Washington, Death and Mourning 576 34. The Washington Image in American Culture 592 Bibliography 612 Index 640
Jessica E. Brunelle
Jason E. Farr
John K. Rowland
Peter C. Luebke
Dennis J. Pogue
Patricia Brady
L. Scott Philyaw
Taylor Stoermer
Robert J. Allison
Barnet Schecter
Stuart Leibiger
Thomas J. McGuire
Mary Stockwell
Mark Edward Lender
Benjamin L. Huggins
Robert A. Selig
William M. Fowler, Jr.
John B. Hattendorf
John W. Hall
John A. Nagy
Cheryl R. Collins
Thomas A. Rider II
James M. Mac Donald
Whit Ridgway
Nicholas P. Cole
Carol S. Ebel
Dana John Stefanelli
Rosemarie Zagarri
Jeffrey J. Malanson
Alexia Jones Helsley
William M. Ferraro
Mary V. Thompson
Meredith Eliassen
Scott E. Casper
Subject Areas: History [HB]
