Peter Onuf

Biographic Data

ID435644
NAMEPeter Onuf
GIVEN NAMESPeter
FAMILY NAMEOnuf
SIGNATUREONUF P
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
H-INDEX3

  • Nations, Markets, and War

    Enrico Dal Lago, Nicholas Onuf et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2007

    In this provocative interdisciplinary study, Nicholas and Peter Onuf argue that the American Civil War was the first great war between modern nations, emerging from the wreckage of a federal union that was supposed to secure perpetual peace. Situating conceptions of nationhood and war in the broader context of modern history, the authors draw attention to overlooked aspects of liberal thought that stand in tension with the a historical individual…

  • Jefferson, Morality, and the Problem of Slavery

    Ari Helo, Peter Onuf et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly2003

    tH TOW could Thomas Jefferson, advocate of equal rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, have justified his ownership of human beings? How, in his draft of the Declaration of Independence, could he have accused King George III and the British nation of imposing slavery on the American colonies? Jefferson never thought that slavery was morally justifiable. In order to grasp his understanding of the issue of personal guilt, we need t…

  • James Madison and the American Nation 1751-1836

    Peter Onuf, Peter S Onuf et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1996

  • Federal Union, Modern World

    Gregg L Lint, Peter Onuf et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1996

  • Federal Union, Modern World

    Doron S Ben-Atar, Doron Ben-Atar et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1995Cited by: 4

  • Federal Union, Modern World

    Terence Ball, Peter Onuf et al.ARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1995

  • Toward a Republican Empire

    Open AccessCathy Matson, Peter Onuf et al.ARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1985Cited by: 4

    CHANGING DEFINITIONS AND EVALUATIONS OF INTEREST OVER THE COURSE of the eighteenth century illuminate a great transformation in political ideology in post-Revolutionary America. When faced with the challenges of nationmaking on a continental scale in the 1780s, Americans discovered that they could no longer rely on the ideas that had justified and sustained resistance to British power. The most important ideological challenge was to reconcile ind…

  • James Davenport and the Great Awakening in New London

    Harry S Stout, Peter Onuf et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1983Cited by: 3

    Journal Article James Davenport and the Great Awakening in New London Get access Harry S. Stout, Harry S. Stout associate professor of history University of Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Peter Onuf Peter Onuf assistant professor of history Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Vol…

  • Toward Federalism

    Peter Onuf, Peter S OnufARTICLEThe William and Mary Quarterly1977

    OE n March I, I784, Virginia ceded its vast charter claims north of the Ohio River to the Continental Congress. This epochal transaction resolved the protracted dispute over western claims between the landed states and Congress. It secured the first strong congressional claim to a national domain and set in motion a liberal territorial policy which led to the formation of new western states. Little can be added to the history and background of th…