This blog features six reviews related to Intellectual History in Virginia, 1770-1824 and after. Beginning with a selection from Fall 2018, each features our “Flashmob Virginia History“. It is a reading list in each area of study with cornerstone scholarship and publications from 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 new releases. – American Enlightenment, where reason...
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Revolution & New Nation . Social & Gender History – Fall 2018 +
This blog features three reviews related to Virginia Social and Gender History, 1770-1824 and after. Beginning with a selection from Fall 2018, each features our “Flashmob Virginia History“. It is a reading list in each area of study with cornerstone scholarship and publications from 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 new releases. Social and Gender History...
New Nation Diplomacy and War, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog on New Nation Diplomacy and War, two titles are about diplomacy. “Revolutionary Negotiations” traces American diplomacy relating to the European Westphalia system from the Continental Congress through the “Jackson Doctrine” to the Monroe Doctrine. “Borderlines and Borderlands” addresses Madison’s belief that the law of nations entitled the U.S. to acquire...
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New Nation Era, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at two titles relating to citizenship and constitution making, a legal history, and two biographies of early antislavery Virginians. “The Citizen Revolution” shows the change from “subjects” to “citizens. “Ratification” describes the debates set before the public in the state Federal Conventions. “Aggressive Nationalism” shows economic policy of...
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Thomas Jefferson and Women, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at titles related to Thomas Jefferson and women. “Seeing Jefferson Anew” investigates Jefferson socially, ideologically, politically and historiographically. “The Women Jefferson Loved” describes Jefferson’s mother, sisters, wife, daughters, mistress and granddaughters. “The Hemmingses of Monticello” narrates the remarkable continuity of a Jefferson slave family over three generations of...
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Thomas Jefferson Biography, 2009-11
This Virginia History Blog considers three titles of Thomas Jefferson Biography. “The Road to Monticello” is an intellectual history of Jefferson’s connections to American philosophy, literature and education. “Flight from Monticello” is set during Jefferson’s governorship in the Revolution. “The Jeffersons at Shadwell” is a two-generational study of their Piedmont plantation. The Road to Monticello...
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George Washington and Memory, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at three titles concerning George Washington and his memory. “The Long Farewell” dealt with how American contemporaries mourned the death of George Washington. “Inventing George Washington” studies the portrait of the Founder in myth and memory. “Here, George Washington Was Born” shows how Washington is remembered, important artifacts...
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George Washington Biography, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at four volumes of George Washington biography. “Washington: A Life” describes the Founder’s personal and political growth in his roles as leader in war and peace. “Ascent of George Washington” focuses on his political practice. “Political Philosophy of George Washington” explores three pillars of his thought. “In the...
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Revolutionary War, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog of titles about the Revolutionary War, we look at “Wellspring of Liberty” relating Dissenter contributions to religious liberty as a republican ideal, and their contributions to Virginia militia manpower. Two titles relate to the military history of the closing campaign of the Revolution at Yorktown, “Washington’s Great Gamble and the...
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Founding Fathers 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at two titles related to Washington, Jefferson and Madison, “The Great Virginia Triumvirate” and “The Founding Fathers Reconsidered”. Patrick Henry is the focus of “The Mind of a Patriot”, and Madison is the subject of longitudinal study “James Madison: Philosopher, Founder and Statesman”. Current releases related to Virginia...
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