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  • Empire and Nation

    The American Revolution in the Atlantic World

    by Eliga H. Gould, Peter S. Onuf ...
    Series series Anglo-America in the Transatlantic World
    A look at America's revolution in the context of the larger British empire: "Many interesting essays . . . a valuable scholarly contribution." — Journal of Colonialism and Colonial HistoryHow did events and ideas from elsewhere in the British empire influence development in the thirteen American colonies? And what was the effect of the American Revolution on the wider Atlantic world? In Empire and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thomas Jefferson Survives

    American Independence in His Time and Ours

    by Peter S. Onuf, Francis D. Cogliano ...
    “Does Thomas Jefferson still matter?” ask two leading historians on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.Thomas Jefferson has been reinvented more than perhaps any American president in history. In the nineteenth century, slavery’s defenders invoked Jefferson’s defense of states’ rights while abolitionists drew on his antislavery writings in support of their cause. After the ... Read more

    $20.59 USD

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  • The Evolution of a Rural Free Black Community

    Goochland County, Virginia, 1728-1832

    by Reginald D. Butler ...
    Series series Carter G. Woodson Institute Series
    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 Virginia. His innovative and meticulous research in county and state archives enabled him to ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Statehood and Union

    A History of the Northwest Ordinance

    by Peter S. Onuf ...
    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 preface, Peter S. Onuf reviews important new work on the progress of colonization and territorial ... Read more

    $22.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs"

    Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination

    by Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter S. Onuf ...
    New York Times BestsellerNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco ChronicleFinalist for the George Washington PrizeFinalist for the Library of Virginia Literary AwardA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection"An important book…[R]ichly rewarding. It is full of fascinating insights about Jefferson." —Gordon S. Wood, New York Review of BooksHailed ... ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • The American Revolution at 250

    Twenty-Four Historians Reflect on the Founding

    by Brendan McConville, Annette Gordon-Reed, Eliga Gould, Christa Dierksheide, Professor Nicholas Guyatt, PhD, Professor Robert G. Parkinson, Professor Marlene L. Daut, Ph.D, Allison Bigelow, Peter S. Onuf, T. H. Breen, Professor Rosemarie Zagarri, PhD, John A. Ragosta, Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Professor Woody Holton, Professor Lauren Duval, Ricardo Herrera, Joanne B. Freeman, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke, Andrew M. Davenport, Patrick Griffin, Katherine Carté, Dr. Michael A. McDonnell, PhD, Teresa R Pollak ...
    Series series The Revolutionary Age
    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 and food for thought on every page. They tackle the most pressing topics that Americans debated in ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Paine and Jefferson in the Age of Revolutions

    Edited by Simon P. Newman, Peter S. Onuf ...
    Series series Jeffersonian America
    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 government consolidated his reputation as one of the foremost radicals of the Revolution. Thereafter, ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Ireland and America

    Empire, Revolution, and Sovereignty

    by Rache Banke, Trevor Burnard, Nicholas Canny, Christa Dierksheide, Matthew P. Dziennik, Professor S. Max Edelson, PhD, Annette Gordon-Reed, Robert G. Ingram, Peter S. Onuf, Jessica Roney, Gordon S. Wood, Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy, Eliga Gould, T. H. Breen ...
    Series series The Revolutionary Age
    Looking at America through the Irish prism and employing a comparative approach, leading and emerging scholars of early American and Atlantic history interrogate anew the relationship between imperial reform and revolution in Ireland and America, offering fascinating insights into the imperial whole of which both places were a part. Revolution would eventually stem from the ways the Irish and ... Read more

    $39.19 USD

  • Rival Visions

    How Jefferson and His Contemporaries Defined the Early American Republic

    by Dustin Gish, Eran Shalev, Darren Staloff, Armin Mattes, Daniel Dreisbach, John A. Ragosta, Christa Dierksheide, Peter S. Onuf, Professor Jean Yarbrough, PhD0, Daniel Klinghard1, Charles F. Hobson2 ...
    Series series Jeffersonian America
    The emergence of the early American republic as a new nation on the world stage conjured rival visions in the eyes of leading statesmen at home and attentive observers abroad. Thomas Jefferson envisioned the newly independent states as a federation of republics united by common experience, mutual interest, and an adherence to principles of natural rights. His views on popular government and the ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Revolutionary Prophecies

    The Founders and America's Future

    by Joanne B. Freeman, Kenneth Russell Bowling, Professor Todd Estes, PhD, Robert A. Ferguson, John Craig Hammond, Professor Drew R. McCoy, PhD, Patrick Mullins, Paul Douglas Newman, David Andrew Nichols ...
    Series series Jeffersonian America
    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 Prophecies, renowned historians Robert M. S. McDonald and Peter S. Onuf summon a diverse cast of characters ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion, 1803–1898

    by H. W. Brands, Christina Duffy Burnett, David P. Currie, William W. Freehling, Julian Go, Mark A. Graber, Paul Kens, Gary Lawson, Peter S. Onuf, Efrén Rivera Ramos, Guy Seidman ...
    The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory was a watershed event for the fledgling United States. Adding some 829,000 square miles of territory, the Louisiana Purchase set a striking precedent of Presidential power and brought to the surface profound legal and constitutional questions. As the nation continued to expand westward and into the Pacific and Caribbean, critical social, political and ... Read more

    $44.59 USD

  • State and Citizen

    British America and the Early United States

    Edited by Peter Thompson, Peter S. Onuf ...
    Series series Jeffersonian America
    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 new light on the shift from subjecthood to citizenship during the American Revolution by showing that ... Read more

    $51.29 USD