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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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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In this Virginia History Blog, we feature four titles related to New Nation and Antebellum Virginia. “Jefferson and the Press” charts the professionalism and partisanship of period newspapers, “Murder at Montpelier” documents the introduction and persistence of Igbo culture among the Piedmont’s African-Virginians. “Proslavery and Sectional Thought” explains the development of organic social theory in...
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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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This Virginia History Blog reviews four titles concerning Thomas Jefferson. “The Mind of Thomas Jefferson” investigates Jefferson’s thinking in historical context. “Mr. Jefferson’s Women” accounts for the romances throughout his life. “Twilight at Monticello” describes Jefferson, his family and slaves during the last fifteen years of his life. “Thomas Jefferson’s Military Academy” looks at West...
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In this Virginia History Blog on Revolutionary Virginia, we look at recent reviews beginning with “Patrick Henry: Proclaiming a Revolution” which features his oratory. George Washington is treated in two titles, “George Washington, Nationalist” focuses on Washington’s thirteen year career at the formation of the Union, while “George Washington, Wonder of the Age” surveys his...
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The topic of Thomas Jefferson, slavery and Hemingses has been the subject of several scholarly works and popular histories in recent years. Here we look at six titles representing several points of view on the subject over the course of thirty years. The considerable sustained interest in the topic has enabled all to remain in...
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The New Nation was defined by Thomas Jefferson’s presidency and the political party he built occupying the White House for 24 continuous years of the Constitution’s first 36 years. “Jefferson’s America” gives us a political survey from 1760 to 1815, now in its third edition. The transformations both democratic and commercial are conveyed in “The...
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In this second blog on the American Revolution in Virginia, we again turn to the political. Later we will look at its social history in three blogs, and military history in one. The most singular document of the period is certainly the Declaration of Independence, and the process that brought it about is described in...
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