Ebook: A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams

A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams presents a collection of original historiographic essays contributed by leading historians that cover diverse aspects of the lives and politics of John and John Quincy Adams and their spouses, Abigail and Louisa Catherine.

• Features contributions from top historians and Adams’ scholars
• Considers sub-topics of interest such as John Adams’ role in the late 18^th-century demise of the Federalists, both Adams’ presidencies and efforts as diplomats, religion, and slavery
• Includes two chapters on Abigail Adams and one on Louisa Adams

Content:
Chapter none Introduction (pages 1–2): David Waldstreicher
Chapter 1 John Adams (pages 3–35): R. B. Bernstein
Chapter 2 John Adams and Enlightenment (pages 36–59): Darren Staloff
Chapter 3 The Revolutionary Politics of John Adams, 1760–1775 (pages 60–77): Colin Nicolson
Chapter 4 John Adams in the Continental Congress (pages 78–101): Karen N. Barzilay
Chapter 5 John Adams's Political Thought (pages 102–124): David J. Siemers
Chapter 6 John Adams, Diplomat (pages 125–141): Wendy H. Wong
Chapter 7 John Adams and the Elections of 1796 and 1800 (pages 142–165): David W. Houpt
Chapter 8 The Presidency of John Adams (pages 166–183): Douglas Bradburn
Chapter 9 John Adams and Religion (pages 184–198): John Fea
Chapter 10 Abigail Adams and Feminism (pages 199–217): Elaine Forman Crane
Chapter 11 Abigail Adams (pages 218–238): Margaret A. Hogan
Chapter 12 John Quincy Adams (pages 239–262): David Waldstreicher
Chapter 13 John Quincy Adams and National Republicanism (pages 263–280): Andrew Shankman
Chapter 14 John Quincy Adams, Diplomacy, and American Empire (pages 281–304): John M. Belohlavek
Chapter 15 John Quincy Adams and the Elections of 1824 and 1828 (pages 305–327): David P. Callahan
Chapter 16 The Presidency of John Quincy Adams (pages 328–347): Padraig Riley
Chapter 17 John Quincy Adams, Internal Improvements, and the Nation State (pages 348–366): Sean Patrick Adams
Chapter 18 John Quincy Adams (pages 367–382): David F. Ericson
Chapter 19 John Quincy Adams, Cosmopolitan (pages 383–401): Bethel Saler
Chapter 20 John Quincy Adams and the Tangled Politics of Slavery (pages 402–421): Matthew Mason
Chapter 21 John Quincy Adams's Higher Learnings (pages 422–444): Marlana Portolano
Chapter 22 A Monarch in a Republic (pages 445–467): Catherine Allgor and Margery M. Heffron
Chapter 23 Thomas Jefferson and the John Adams Family (pages 469–486): Herbert E. Sloan
Chapter 24 The Adamses on Screen (pages 487–509): Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein
Chapter 25 An American Dynasty (pages 510–541): Edith B. Gelles