Revolutionary prophecies : the founders and America's future /
"Collections of essays often struggle to cohere, but the thesis of "Revolutionary Prophecies" is clear. Traditionally, the term "revolution" suggested circular motion: the rise and fall of classical republics and modern dynasties followed the same inevitable pattern. The Ame...
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Charlottesville :
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2021
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Table of Contents:
- Raconteur, Memorialist, Founder: Benjamin Franklin Meets Himself in History / Robert A. Ferguson
- Yankee Continentalism: The Provincial Roots of John Adams's Vision for American Union, 1755-1776 / J. Patrick Mullins
- George Washington's Vision for the United States / Kenneth R. Bowling
- Agrarian Founders: Three "Rebellions" as Legitimate Opposition, 1786-1799 / Paul Douglas Newman
- The Sovereign People: Indians, Treaties, and the Subversion of the Founders' Colonialist Vision / David Andrew Nichols
- "Arraying Him against Himself": The Jefferson Presidency and the American Future through the Eyes of Alexander Hamilton / Todd Estes
- James Madison and American Nationality: The View from Virginia / Drew R. McCoy
- Mastery over Slaves, Sovereignty over Slavery: James Monroe, Virginia, and the Missouri Crisis / John Craig Hammond
- Antiquarian America: Isaiah Thomas and the New Nation's Future / Peter S. Onuf
- Afterword: The Contradictions and Paradoxes of American Future-Gazing / Joanne B. Freeman.
