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The Jeffersonian vision, 18011815
Potomac Books Inc. 2013; US$ 30.00The creation of American diplomacy and power as a distinct art more...
Staat und politische Bildung
Springer 2012; US$ 54.99Im Jahre 2012 feierte die Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung ihr 60-jähriges Bestehen. Sie tritt ein für die Förderung des Bewusstseins für Demokratie und politische Partizipation. 1952 unter dem Namen Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst gegründet, unterstand sie dem Bundesministerium des Innern... more...
Intrepid Sailors
Naval Institute Press 2012; US$ 35.95Reid tells one of the greatest sea stories in the history of the U.S. Navy. Under Commodore Edward Preble, the Navy came of age fighting the scourge of the time, the infamous Barbary Pirates. Intrepid Sailors chronicles the Navy?s campaign to subdue the pirate leader of Tripoli, who declared war on the United States in 1801. After two failed campaigns,... more...
Jefferson in His Own Time
University of Iowa Press 2012; US$ 32.50In this volume, Kevin J. Hayes collects thirty accounts of Thomas Jefferson written by his granddaughters, visiting dignitaries, fellow politicians, and others who knew him as a family man, public servant, intellectual, and institution builder. The letters and reminiscences of those who knew Jefferson personally reveal him to be a warm, funny man,... more...
A Companion to James Madison and James Monroe
Wiley 2012; US$ 195.00A Companion to James Madison and James Monroe features essays from leading academics that consider various aspects of the lives and legacies of our fourth and fifth presidents. Provides historians and students of history with a wealth of new insights into the lives and achievements of two of America’s most accomplished statesmen, James Madison... more...
The Hamiltonian Vision, 17891800
Potomac Books Inc. 2012; US$ 30.00The creation of American diplomacy and power as an art more...
Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello
The University of North Carolina Press 2012; US$ 35.00As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836) was extremely well educated, traveled in the circles of presidents and aristocrats, and was known on two continents for her particular grace and sincerity. Yet, as mistress of a large household, she was not spared the tedium, frustration, and great... more...
A Companion to George Washington
Wiley 2012; US$ 199.95Utilizing new primary source material from the Papers of George Washington, a documentary editing project dedicated to the transcription and publication of original documents, A Companion to George Washington features a collection of original readings from scholars and popular historians that shed new light on all aspects of the life of George Washington.... more...
Come the Revolution
University of New South Wales Press 2012; US$ 31.99A rollicking tale of chain-smoking newspapermen, union leaders, revolutionaries, crooked cops, corrupt politicians, spies, dictators, and ordinary working people, this is the memoir of political journalist Alex Mitchell, who worked on several newspapers around Australia before landing in Fleet Street in the 1960s. Full of vivid anecdotes about the... more...
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 38: 1 July to 12 November 1802
Princeton University Press 2012; US$ 115.00Volume 38 opens on 1 July 1802, when Jefferson is in Washington, and closes on 12 November, when he is again there. For the last week of July and all of August and September, he resides at Monticello. Frequent correspondence with his heads of department and two visits with Secretary of State James Madison, however, keep the president abreast of matters... more...









