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Features original essays from top scholars and popular historians * Based on new research from thousands of previously unpublished letters to and from Washington

InhaltsangabeAbout 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

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