Contributor
Lengel, Edward G.
Imprint:Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012.
Descriptionxviii, 659 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Note:The Youth of George Washington / Jessica E. Brunelle -- The Unlikely success of a provincial surveyor: George Washington finds fame in the American frontier, 1749-1754 / Jason E. Farr -- 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 -- A Provincial goes to war: George Washington and the Virginia Regiment, August 1755-January 1759 / Peter C. Luebke -- Entrepreneur / Dennis J. Pogue -- George Washington and his family / Patricia Brady -- Washington and slavery / L. Scott Philyaw -- "What manner of man I am": the political career of George Washington before the Revolution / Taylor Stoermer -- George Washington and the Siege of Boston / Robert J. Allison -- George Washington at New York: the Campaign of 1776 / Barnet Schecter -- The Crossing: the Trenton and Princeton Campaign of 1776-1777 / Stuart Leibiger -- George Washington and the Philadelphia Campaign 1777 / Thomas J. McGuire -- Washington at Valley Forge / Mary Stockwell -- The politics of battle: Washington, the Army, and the Monmouth Campaign / Mark Edward Lender -- "The Most unlimited confidence in his wisdom & judgement": Washington as Commander in Chief in the first years of the French Alliance / Benjamin L. Huggins -- Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown Campaign of 1781 / Robert A. Selig -- "High time for peace": George Washington and the close of the American Revolution / William M. Fowler, Jr. -- George Washington's Navy / John B. Hattendorf -- Washington's Irregulars / John A. Nagy -- Administrator in chief / Cheryl R. Collins -- George Washington: America's first soldier / Thomas A. Rider II -- Revolution and peace / James M. MacDonald -- George Washington and the Constitution / Whit Ridgway -- George Washington and Republican government: the political thought of George Washington / Nicholas P. Cole -- One cause, one purpose, one nation: George Washington, the Whiskey Insurrection, and executive authority / Carol S. Ebel -- Securing the Revolution: the American economy and the challenge of independence / Dana John Stefanelli -- George Washington and the emergence of party politics in the new nation / Rosemarie Zagarri -- Foreign policy in the presidential era / Jeffrey J. Malanson -- George Washington in retirement / Alexia Jones Helsley -- George Washington's mind / William M. Ferraro -- Religion: George Washington, Anglican gentleman / Mary V. Thompson -- George Washington, death and mourning / Meredith Eliassen -- The Washington image in American culture / Scott E. Casper.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliography (p. [612]-639) and index.
