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...
Category: New Nation Federalist Era
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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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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Madison and Jefferson – Summer 2018
In this Virginia History Blog, we first look at Madison’s constitutional thought in “A Politician Thinking”. “James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and the British Challenge” investigates their nationalist response to British interference with American trade and their violations of the Treaty of Paris. Jefferson’s changing image even during his own time is described in “Confounding Father”,...
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Revolution and New Nation – Summer 2018
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at two titles related to the culture of the Revolution and New Nation, “The Power of Objects” and “An Empire of Print”, then two about politics, constitution and nationalism, “A Sovereign People” in the 1790s, and “Diminishing the Bill of Rights” at a Supreme Court case in 1833....
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Thomas Jefferson Governance and Legacy
In this Virginia History Blog we look at at Thomas Jefferson, his presidential governance and his historical legacy. “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” is a popular account of Jefferson’s use of power in political office. “Jefferson’s Vendetta” describes the prosecution of Aaron Burr for treason during Jefferson’s second administration. “Mr. Jefferson’s Hammer” describes William...
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Founders, merchants and backcountry
This Virginia History Blog recaps five titles on the Founders, merchants and backcountry Virginia. “American Creation” is a top-down political survey of Revolution and Constitution eras. “George Mason, Forgotten Founder” is a biography of the Virginian Founder. “Buying into the World of Goods” explains the development of a marketing economy in Bedford and Franklin County...
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Religion in New Nation Virginia
Looking again at religion in New Nation Virginia, “Wellspring of Liberty” explores the role of religious dissenters in the American Revolution and their subsequent efforts to secure religious liberty in the New Nation period. “Establishing Religious Freedom” in Virginia traces the evolution from dissenter toleration to religious freedom of conscience. “Bodies of Belief” compares and...
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