3D SER., 59, NO. 1 (JANUARY 2002)
Rural Capitalism in Iron Country: Staffing a Forest Factory, 808&#;1815
Thomas M. Doerflinger
3
The Declaration of Independence and International Law
David Armitage
39
From Fellow-Nationals to Foreigners: British Perceptions of the Americans circa 739-1783
Stephen Conway
65
Notes and Documents
Sympathizing with Sedition? George Washington, the British Press, and British Attitudes during the American War of Independence
Troy O. Bickham
101
Richard C. Simmons, Colonial Patronage: Two Letters from William Franklin to the Earl of Bute, 762 123
Robert A. Gross, Forum: The Making of a Slave Conspiracy, part 135
Edward Pearson, Trials and Errors: Denmark Vesey and His Historians 137
Douglas Egerton, Forgetting Denmark Vesey, Or, Oliver Stone Meets Richard Wade 143
David Robertson, Inconsistent Contextualism: The Hermeneutics of Michael Johnson 153
Philip Morgan, Conspiracy Scares 159
Thomas J. Davis, Conspiracy and Credibillity: Look Who&#’s Talking, About What-Law Talk and Loose Talk 167
Winthrop D. Jordan, The Charleston Hurricane of 1822; Or, the Law&#’s Rampage 175
James Sidbury, Plausible Stories and Varnished Truths 179
Robert L. Paquette, Jacobins of the Lowcountry: The Vesey Plot on Trial 185
Michael P. Johnson, Reading Evidence 193
Jack N. Rakove, Words, Deeds, and Guns: Arming America and the Second Amendment 203
Forum: Historians and Guns.
Gloria L. Main, Many Things Forgotten: The Use of Probate Records in Arming America 211
Ira D Gruber, Of Arms and Men: Arming America and Military History 217
Randolph A. Roth, Guns, Gun Culture, and Homicide: The Relationship between Firearms, the Users of Firearms, and Interpersonal Violence 223
Michael A. Bellesiles, Exploring America&#’s Gun Culture 241
Reviews of Books
Ulrich, The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth . By Margaretta M. Lovell 269
A Centre of Wonders: The Body in Early America, ed. Lindman and Tarter. By Sharon Block 273
Nemerov, The Body of Raphaelle Peale: Still Life and Selfhood, 812&#;1824 . By Jochen Wierich 277
The Language Encounter in the Americas, 492&#;1800: A Collection of Essays, ed. Gray and Fiering. By Laura J. Murray 281
Plane, Colonial Intimacies: Indian Marriage in Early New England . By Melanie Perreault 284
Herndon, Unwelcome Americans: Living on the Margin in Early New England . By Sheila A. Culbert 289
The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover, ed. Berland, Gilliam, and Lockridge. By Rhys Isaac 292
Glover, All Our Relations: Blood Ties and Emotional Bonds among the Early South Carolina Gentry . By Darcy R. Fryer
296
Lounsbury, From Statehouse to Courthouse: An Architectural History of South Carolina&#’s Colonial Capitol and Charleston County Courthouse . By Martha J. McNamara 299
Lockley, Lines in the Sand: Race and Class in Lowcountry Georgia, 750&#;1860 . By Robert Olwell 302
ÜThe Apotheosis of John Adams,” a review&#;essay of Thompson, John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty ; Ferling, Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution; and McCullough, John Adams. By Richard D. Brown 305
John Adams and the Founding of the Republic, ed. Ryerson. By Richard A. Samuelson 315
ÜJames Madison&#’s Political and Constitutional Thought Reconsidered,” a review&#;essay of Sheldon, The Political Philosophy of James Madison ; The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vols. 4–5, October 1802–October 1803, ed. Stagg et al.; and The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vols. 2–4, October 1809–July 1812, ed. Stagg et al. By Stuart Leibiger 319
ÜWhose Revolution Was It, Anyway?” a review&#;essay of Raphael, A People&#’s History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence, and Lussier, Last Refuge of Scoundrels: A Revolutionary Novel. By Gary J. Kornblith 326
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