Rosemarie Zagarri
Biographic Data
| ID | 680100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rosemarie Zagarri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rosemarie |
| FAMILY NAME | Zagarri |
| SIGNATURE | ZAGARRI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7202-2570 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mary Sarah Bilder, Female Genius
As Mary Sarah Bilder superbly demonstrated in her Bancroft prize-winning book, Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention (2015), she is a master of fashioning a strikingly original narrative about a seemingly familiar subject. In her new book, Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution, she does so again, this time with respect to the social and gendered environment in which the US Constitution…
A Woman's Dilemma
Exceptional Imperialism and Imperial Exceptionalism
In this highly ambitious work, sociologist Julian Go seeks to demolish the myth of American exceptionalism as it pertains to the question of empire. For too long, Go argues, Americans—and American foreign policy makers, in particular—have convinced themselves that the United States neither harbored imperial aspirations nor pursued an imperialist foreign policy. Unlike other nations, the country's liberal democratic institutions and unique nationa…
Brian Steele. Thomas Jefferson and American Nationhood
Brian Steele concludes the introduction to his book by noting that although “the world may not need another book about Thomas Jefferson,” he hopes this one “may offer a way of envisioning [Jefferson] anew, of questioning our shibboleths not only about him but also about ourselves” (p. 10). Steele's effort succeeds brilliantly. By focusing on Jefferson's understanding of the meaning of nationhood and national identity, Steele brings to light conti…
Response to Woody Holton's “Primitive Accumulation”
Holton's maintains that in explaining the origins of the U.S. Constitution historians have emphasized the concerns expressed by elites while overlooking the issues that most troubled large numbers of “ordinary” Americans. The strength of the argument is that Holton gives voice to the protests and grievances of small farmers and debtors, who believed that the state governments were imposing oppressive and unjust taxes during the 1780s. Yet his arg…
Revolutionary Backlash
Spanning the first fifty years of the nation's history, Revolutionary Backlash uncovers women's forgotten role in early American politics and explores an alternative explanation for the emergence of the first women's rights movement
Catharine Macaulay and Mercy Otis Warren
Kate Davies's book offers a much-needed analysis of the lives and careers of the two most eminent women historians of their time, Catherine Macaulay and Mercy Otis Warren. Macaulay, of course, was the author of a multivolume history of England that celebrated the Whig ascendancy and lambasted corruption in both the Crown and Parliament. Warren, besides authoring numerous political poems and plays against British tyranny in the 1760s and 1770s, la…
These Fiery Frenchified Dames
Susan Branson's These Fiery Frenchified Dames examines the political role of women in Philadelphia during the decades following the American Revolution. For too long, she argues, historians have focused on formal institutions of governance and elite male political actors at the expense of examining the larger public sphere. Conceived more broadly, politics at that time included print culture, popular mobilization, theatrical productions, and priv…
Gender and the New Liberal Synthesis
Sex & Citizenship in Antebellum America. By Nancy Isenberg. Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 1998. 319 pages. $16.95 (paper). No Constitutional Right to be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship. By Linda K. Kerber. New York: Hill and Wang, 1998. 405 pages. $25.00 (cloth). $14.00 (paper). From Bondage to Contract: Wage Labor, Marriage, and the Market in the Age of Slave Emancipation. By Amy Dru Stanley. Cambridge: …
Sentimental Bodies
Journal Article Sentimental Bodies: Sex, Gender, and Citizenship in the Early Republic. By Bruce Burgett. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. viii, 213 pp. $39.50, ISBN 0-691-01559-7.) Get access Rosemarie Zagarri Rosemarie Zagarri George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000, Pages 1023–1024, https://doi…
An American Character
Original Meanings
Between Authority and Liberty
The Rights of Man and Woman in Post-Revolutionary America
vative and controversial idea: women along with men should be regarded as the bearers of rights. In the wake of the American Revolution and especially after the publication of Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman (I792), women gained a dignity and an esteem that had hitherto been denied them-though the exact nature of their was, as we shall see, a matter still to be determined. The revelers, however, did something more. They m…
A Women's Dilemma
The Revolution Against the Revolution
Both for people at the time and for historians since, Shays' Rebellion has offered a prime example of the possibilities-and the perils-of revolutionary thinking. Throughout the fall of 1786 and the winter of 1787, the Shaysites of western Massachusetts proclaimed themselves to be the true heirs of the American Revolution. Like the patriots, they said, they opposed unjust taxation policies levied by a distant and unresponsive legislature. Like the…
David Humphreys' "Life of General Washington," with George Washington's "Remarks
David Humphreys's "Life of General Washington" with George Washington's "Remarks
George Washington's Beautiful Nelly
Journal Article George Washington's Beautiful Nelly: The Letters of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, 1794–1851. Ed. by Patricia Brady. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1991. xxiv + 287 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-87249-754-2.) Get access Rosemarie Zagarri Rosemarie Zagarri Catholic University of America Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issu…
David Humphreys' "Life of General Washington" with George Washington's "Remarks
Journal Article David Humphreys' “Life of General Washington” with George Washington's “Remarks.” Ed. by Rosemarie Zagarri. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991. lviii + 129 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-8203-1293-2.) Get access David Humphreys' “Life of General Washington” with George Washington's “Remarks.”. Ed. by Zagarri Rosemarie. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991. lviii + 129 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-8203-1293-2.) George Athan Billias George …
David Humphreys' "Life of General Washington" with George Washington's "Remarks
In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, Rosemarie Zagarri has assembled manuscripts from three separate archives to reconstruct - and publish for the first time in its full form - the only biography of George Washington authorized by the general himself. Written by his close friend and military aide David Humphreys. It offers a rare, intimate glimpse of Washington's life, from his birth in 1732 until his assumption of the presidency in…
American Union in Federalist Political Thought
Morals, Manners, and the Republican Mother
ONE OF THE MOST PROVOCATIVE IDEAS TO EMERGE FROM THE RECENT historiography of Revolutionary era is concept of Mother. Originally articulated by contemporaries such as Benjamin Rush and Judith Sargent Murray, republican motherhood affirmed that women had a profound influence on political values of American Republic. As wives and mothers, women were seen to make an essential, though indirect, contribution to body politic. According to Linda Kerber,…
The Concept of Representation in the Age of the American Revolution
Journal Article The Concept of Representation in the Age of the American Revolution Get access Reid John Phillip, The Concept of Representation in the Age of the American Revolution. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1989), 251 pp.$32.00. Rosemarie Zagarri Rosemarie Zagarri The Catholic University of America Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 35, Issue 1, Jan…
The Constitution and the States
Morals, Manners, and the Republican Mother
ONE OF THE MOST PROVOCATIVE IDEAS TO EMERGE FROM THE RECENT historiography of Revolutionary era is concept of Mother. Originally articulated by contemporaries such as Benjamin Rush and Judith Sargent Murray, republican motherhood affirmed that women had a profound influence on political values of American Republic. As wives and mothers, women were seen to make an essential, though indirect, contribution to body politic. According to Linda Kerber,…
Representation and the Removal of State Capitals, 1776-1812
Journal Article Representation and the Removal of State Capitals, 1776–1812 Get access Rosemarie Zagarri Rosemarie Zagarri assistant professor of history Catholic University of America Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 4, March 1988, Pages 1239–1256, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894409 Published: 01 March 1988
These Fiery Frenchified Dames
Susan Branson's These Fiery Frenchified Dames examines the political role of women in Philadelphia during the decades following the American Revolution. For too long, she argues, historians have focused on formal institutions of governance and elite male political actors at the expense of examining the larger public sphere. Conceived more broadly, politics at that time included print culture, popular mobilization, theatrical productions, and priv…
The Rights of Man and Woman in Post-Revolutionary America
vative and controversial idea: women along with men should be regarded as the bearers of rights. In the wake of the American Revolution and especially after the publication of Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman (I792), women gained a dignity and an esteem that had hitherto been denied them-though the exact nature of their was, as we shall see, a matter still to be determined. The revelers, however, did something more. They m…
“Blending Instruction with Amusement
From Colonies to Commonwealth
Journal Article From Colonies to Commonwealth: Familial Ideology and the Beginnings of the American Republic. By Melvin Yazawa. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. ix + 261 pp. Notes, biographical essay, and index. $28.50.) Get access Rosemarie Zagarri Rosemarie Zagarri West Virginia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 73, Issue 1, June 1986, Pages 1…
The Politics of Size
Representation and the Removal of State Capitals, 1776-1812
Journal Article Representation and the Removal of State Capitals, 1776–1812 Get access Rosemarie Zagarri Rosemarie Zagarri assistant professor of history Catholic University of America Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 4, March 1988, Pages 1239–1256, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894409 Published: 01 March 1988
The Politics of Size
A Machine That Would Go of Itself
The Constitution and the States
The Politics of Size
The Politics of Size
Journal Article The Politics of Size: Representation in the United States, 1776–1830. By Rosemarie Zagarri. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987. xi + 165 pp. $23.50.) Get access Van Beck Hall Van Beck Hall University of Pittsburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 4, March 1989, Page 1308, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908672 Published: 01 March 1989
The Politics of Size
Journal Article The Politics of Size: Representation in the United States, 1776–1850 Get access Zagarri Rosemarie, The Politics of Size: Representation in the United States, 1776–1850. Ithaca, N.Y. and London: Cornell University Press, 1987. x, 165 pp. $23.50. Johanna Nicol Shields Johanna Nicol Shields University of Alabama, Huntsville Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Vol…
The Politics of Size
The Concept of Representation in the Age of the American Revolution
Journal Article The Concept of Representation in the Age of the American Revolution Get access Reid John Phillip, The Concept of Representation in the Age of the American Revolution. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1989), 251 pp.$32.00. Rosemarie Zagarri Rosemarie Zagarri The Catholic University of America Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal History, Volume 35, Issue 1, Jan…
David Humphreys's "Life of General Washington" with George Washington's "Remarks
George Washington's Beautiful Nelly
Journal Article George Washington's Beautiful Nelly: The Letters of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to Elizabeth Bordley Gibson, 1794–1851. Ed. by Patricia Brady. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1991. xxiv + 287 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-87249-754-2.) Get access Rosemarie Zagarri Rosemarie Zagarri Catholic University of America Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issu…
David Humphreys' "Life of General Washington" with George Washington's "Remarks
Journal Article David Humphreys' “Life of General Washington” with George Washington's “Remarks.” Ed. by Rosemarie Zagarri. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991. lviii + 129 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-8203-1293-2.) Get access David Humphreys' “Life of General Washington” with George Washington's “Remarks.”. Ed. by Zagarri Rosemarie. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1991. lviii + 129 pp. $24.95, ISBN 0-8203-1293-2.) George Athan Billias George …
David Humphreys' "Life of General Washington" with George Washington's "Remarks
In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, Rosemarie Zagarri has assembled manuscripts from three separate archives to reconstruct - and publish for the first time in its full form - the only biography of George Washington authorized by the general himself. Written by his close friend and military aide David Humphreys. It offers a rare, intimate glimpse of Washington's life, from his birth in 1732 until his assumption of the presidency in…
American Union in Federalist Political Thought
Morals, Manners, and the Republican Mother
ONE OF THE MOST PROVOCATIVE IDEAS TO EMERGE FROM THE RECENT historiography of Revolutionary era is concept of Mother. Originally articulated by contemporaries such as Benjamin Rush and Judith Sargent Murray, republican motherhood affirmed that women had a profound influence on political values of American Republic. As wives and mothers, women were seen to make an essential, though indirect, contribution to body politic. According to Linda Kerber,…
David Humphreys' "Life of General Washington," with George Washington's "Remarks
The Revolution Against the Revolution
Both for people at the time and for historians since, Shays' Rebellion has offered a prime example of the possibilities-and the perils-of revolutionary thinking. Throughout the fall of 1786 and the winter of 1787, the Shaysites of western Massachusetts proclaimed themselves to be the true heirs of the American Revolution. Like the patriots, they said, they opposed unjust taxation policies levied by a distant and unresponsive legislature. Like the…
A Women's Dilemma
Original Meanings
Between Authority and Liberty
The Rights of Man and Woman in Post-Revolutionary America
vative and controversial idea: women along with men should be regarded as the bearers of rights. In the wake of the American Revolution and especially after the publication of Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman (I792), women gained a dignity and an esteem that had hitherto been denied them-though the exact nature of their was, as we shall see, a matter still to be determined. The revelers, however, did something more. They m…
Sentimental Bodies
Journal Article Sentimental Bodies: Sex, Gender, and Citizenship in the Early Republic. By Bruce Burgett. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. viii, 213 pp. $39.50, ISBN 0-691-01559-7.) Get access Rosemarie Zagarri Rosemarie Zagarri George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000, Pages 1023–1024, https://doi…
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