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Midwest and the Nation
Rethinking the History of an American Region
Av Andrew R. L. Cayton, Peter S. Onuf
Inbunden, 1990
475 kr
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"Cayton and Onuf have tried to recapture a central place for region in our thinking while, at the same time, incorporating into their analysis the latest scholarship on gender, political behavior, etc. Theirs is a fine blending of the old and the new: old scholarship and new directions." —Malcolm …
Statehood and Union
A History of the Northwest Ordinance
Inbunden, 2019
1583 kr
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This new edition of Statehood and Union: A History of the Northwest Ordinance, originally published in 1987, is an authoritative account of the origins and early history of American policy for territorial government, land distribution, and the admission of new states in the Old Northwest.
Statehood and Union
A History of the Northwest Ordinance
Häftad, 2019
448 kr
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This new edition of Statehood and Union: A History of the Northwest Ordinance, originally published in 1987, is an authoritative account of the origins and early history of American policy for territorial government, land distribution, and the admission of new states in the Old Northwest. In a new …
Union of Interests
Political and Economic Thought in Revolutionary America
Av Cathy D. Matson, Peter S. Onuf
Häftad, 1990
342 kr
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From the onset of the Revolution in 1776 to the inauguration of the federal government in 1789, the American political culture was transformed. The movement for an effective continental republic is here linked to the groundswell for development and economic freedom set off by the Revolution. A …
All Over the Map
Rethinking American Regions
Av Edward L. Ayers, Patricia Nelson Limerick m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
468 kr
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Even as Americans keep moving "all over the map" in the late twentieth century, they cherish memories of the places they come from. But where do these places-these regions-come from? What makes them so real? In this groundbreaking book a distinguished group of historians explores the concept of …
Origins of the Federal Republic
Jurisdictional Controversies in the United States, 1775-1787
E-bok, 2010
504 kr
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Historians have emphasized the founding fathers' statesmanship and vision in the development of a more powerful union under the federal constitution. In The Origins of the Federal Republic, Peter S. Onuf clarifies the founders' achievement by demonstrating with case studies of New York, …
Origins of the Federal Republic
Jurisdictional Controversies in the United States, 1775-1787
Häftad, 1983
557 kr
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Historians have emphasized the founding fathers' statesmanship and vision in the development of a more powerful union under the federal constitution. In The Origins of the Federal Republic, Peter S. Onuf clarifies the founders' achievement by demonstrating with case studies of New York, …
Jeffersonian Legacies
Häftad, 1993
398 kr
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Celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson by offering the contemporary views of a number of historians on the third president and the architect of democracy. Jefferson's career, his testimony on slavery, his significance for civil rights, and more are assessed.
Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson
History, Memory and Civic Culture
Av Jan Ellen Lewis, Jan Lewis m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
386 kr
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A discussion of the probability (shown by DNA tests) that Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave Sally Hemings's children. The essays reflect the deeper questions the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings has raised about American history and national culture.
Jefferson's Empire
The Language of American Nationhood
Häftad, 2000
328 kr
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Thomas Jefferson believed that the American revolution was a transformative moment in the history of political civilization. He hoped that his own efforts as a founding statesman and theorist would help construct a progressive and enlightened order for the new American nation that would be a model …
Revolution of 1800
Democracy, Race and the New Republic
Av James Horn, Jan Lewis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
940 kr
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George W. Bush and Al Gore were by no means the first presidential hopefuls to find themselves embroiled in a hotly contested electoral impasse. Two hundred years earlier, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams endured arguably the most controversial and consequential election in American history. As the …
Revolution of 1800
Democracy, Race and the New Republic
Av James Horn, Jan Lewis m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
386 kr
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George W. Bush and Al Gore were by no means the first presidential hopefuls to find themselves embroiled in a hotly contested electoral impasse. Two hundred years earlier, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams endured arguably the most controversial and consequential election in American history. As the …
Mind of Thomas Jefferson
Häftad, 2007
281 kr
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In ""The Mind of Thomas Jefferson"", one of the foremost historians of Jefferson and his time, Peter S. Onuf, offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation's founding fathers. Challenging current attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary …
Old World, New World
America and Europe in the Age of Jefferson
Av Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy, Peter S. Onuf m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
955 kr
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Old World, New World: America and Europe in the Age of Jefferson grew out of workshops in Salzburg and Charlottesville sponsored by Monticello’s International Center for Jefferson Studies, and revisits a question of long-standing interest to American historians: the nature of the relationship …
Thomas Jefferson, the Classical World, and Early America
Av Nicholas P. Cole, Peter S. Onuf
E-bok, 2011
544 kr
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Thomas Jefferson read Latin and Greek authors throughout his life and wrote movingly about his love of the ancient texts, which he thought should be at the core of America''s curriculum. Yet at the same time, Jefferson warned his countrymen not to look to the ancient world for modern lessons and …
State and Citizen
British America and the Early United States (Jeffersonian America (Hardcover))
Av Thompson, Peter Thompson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
683 kr
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State and Citizen
British America and the Early United States
Av Peter S. Onuf, Peter Thompson
E-bok, 2013
837 kr
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Pointing the way to a new history of the transformation of British subjects into American citizens, State and Citizen challenges the presumption that the early American state was weak by exploring the changing legal and political meaning of citizenship. The volume’s distinguished contributors cast …
Mind of Thomas Jefferson
E-bok, 2012
368 kr
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In The Mind of Thomas Jefferson, one of the foremost historians of Jefferson and his time, Peter S. Onuf, offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation’s founding fathers. Challenging current attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political …
Thomas Jefferson, the Classical World and Early America
Av Peter S. Onuf, Nicholas P. Cole
Häftad, 2013
415 kr
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Thomas Jefferson read Latin and Greek authors throughout his life and wrote movingly about his love of the ancient texts, which he thought should be at the core of America's curriculum. Yet at the same time, Jefferson warned his countrymen not to look to the ancient world for modern lessons and …
Paine and Jefferson in the Age of Revolutions
Av Peter S. Onuf, Simon P. Newman
E-bok, 2013
669 kr
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The enormous popularity of his pamphlet Common Sense made Thomas Paine one of the best-known patriots during the early years of American independence. His subsequent service with the Continental Army, his publication of The American Crisis (1776–83), and his work with Pennsylvania’s revolutionary …
Between Sovereignty and Anarchy
The Politics of Violence in the American Revolutionary Era
Av Brian Schoen, Peter S. Onuf m. fl.
E-bok, 2015
764 kr
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Between Sovereignty and Anarchy considers the conceptual and political problem of violence in the early modern Anglo-Atlantic, charting an innovative approach to the history of the American Revolution. Its editors and contributors contend that existing scholarship on the Revolution largely ignores …
Founding of Thomas Jefferson's University
Av Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy, Peter S. Onuf m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
514 kr
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Established in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia was known as "The University" throughout the South for most of the nineteenth century, and today it stands as one of the premier universities in the world. This volume provides an in-depth look at the founding of the University …
Revolutionary Prophecies
The Founders and America''s Future
Av Peter S. Onuf, Robert M. S. McDonald
E-bok, 2021
532 kr
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The America of the early republic was built on an experiment, a hopeful prophecy that would only be fulfilled if an enlightened people could find its way through its past and into a future. Americans recognized that its promises would only be fully redeemed at a future date. In Revolutionary …
Evolution of a Rural Free Black Community
Goochland County, Virginia, 1782-1832
Av Reginald D. Butler, Peter S. Onuf
Inbunden, 2025
1348 kr
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A long-awaited work by one of the deans of Black studiesReginald Butler, the second director of UVA’s Carter G. Woodson Institute, wrote an influential and much-cited but never published dissertation at Johns Hopkins University that focused on community formation among the free Black population of …
Evolution of a Rural Free Black Community
Goochland County, Virginia, 1782-1832
Av Reginald D. Butler, Peter S. Onuf
Häftad, 2025
444 kr
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A long-awaited work by one of the deans of Black studiesReginald Butler, the second director of UVA’s Carter G. Woodson Institute, wrote an influential and much-cited but never published dissertation at Johns Hopkins University that focused on community formation among the free Black population of …
Evolution of a Rural Free Black Community
Goochland County, Virginia, 1728-1832
Av Reginald D. Butler, Peter S. Onuf
E-bok, 2025
514 kr
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A long-awaited work by one of the deans of Black studies Reginald Butler, the second director of UVA’s Carter G. Woodson Institute, wrote an influential and much-cited but never published dissertation at Johns Hopkins University that focused on community formation among the free Black population of …
American Revolution at 250
Twenty-Four Historians Reflect on the Founding
Av Francis D Cogliano, Teresa Pollack m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
386 kr
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The preeminent historians of the founding era speak their mind on the anniversary of the United States' birthIn these powerful and personal essays, some of the most celebrated historians of the American Revolutionary era reflect on the meaning of 1776 to the nation in 2026, offering fresh insights …
Congress & the Confederation
Inbunden, 1991
1569 kr
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This series includes a representative selection of the most interesting and influential journal articles on revolutionary and early national America. The essays in these volumes show that the revolutionary era was an extraordinarily complex “moment” when the broad outlines of national history first …
State & Local Politics in the New Nation
Av Peter S Onuf
Inbunden, 1991
2591 kr
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This series includes a representative selection of the most interesting and influential journal articles on revolutionary and early national America. The essays in these volumes show that the revolutionary era was an extraordinarily complex "moment" when the broad outlines of national history first …
Thomas Jefferson Survives
American Independence in His Time and Ours
Av Peter S. Onuf, Francis D. Cogliano
Inbunden, 2026
300 kr
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Fifty years after signing the Declaration of Independence, John Adams reassured the nation from his deathbed, “Thomas Jefferson survives”. Unaware that Jefferson had died hours earlier, Adams was in a larger sense correct: Jefferson had been immortalised in the American imagination. Today, …
