James Wilson: The Anxious Founder
James Wilson’s life began as an Atlantic World success story, with mounting intellectual, political, and legal triumphs, but ended as a Greek tragedy. Each achievement brought greater anxiety about his place in the revolutionary world. James Wilson's life story is a testament to the success that tens of thousands of Scottish immigrants achieved after their trans-Atlantic voyage, but it also reminds us that not all had a happy ending. This book provides a more nuanced and complete picture of James Wilson’s contributions in American history. His contributions were far greater than just the attention paid to his legal lectures. His is a very human story of a Scottish immigrant who experienced success and acclaim for his activities on behalf of the American people during his public service, but in his personal affairs, and particularly financial life, he suffered the great heights and deep lows worthy of a Greek tragedy. James Wilson's life is an entry point into the events of the latter half of the 18th century and the impact of the Scottish Enlightenment on American society, discourse, and government.

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James Wilson: The Anxious Founder
James Wilson’s life began as an Atlantic World success story, with mounting intellectual, political, and legal triumphs, but ended as a Greek tragedy. Each achievement brought greater anxiety about his place in the revolutionary world. James Wilson's life story is a testament to the success that tens of thousands of Scottish immigrants achieved after their trans-Atlantic voyage, but it also reminds us that not all had a happy ending. This book provides a more nuanced and complete picture of James Wilson’s contributions in American history. His contributions were far greater than just the attention paid to his legal lectures. His is a very human story of a Scottish immigrant who experienced success and acclaim for his activities on behalf of the American people during his public service, but in his personal affairs, and particularly financial life, he suffered the great heights and deep lows worthy of a Greek tragedy. James Wilson's life is an entry point into the events of the latter half of the 18th century and the impact of the Scottish Enlightenment on American society, discourse, and government.

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James Wilson: The Anxious Founder

James Wilson: The Anxious Founder

by Michael H. Taylor
James Wilson: The Anxious Founder

James Wilson: The Anxious Founder

by Michael H. Taylor

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Overview

James Wilson’s life began as an Atlantic World success story, with mounting intellectual, political, and legal triumphs, but ended as a Greek tragedy. Each achievement brought greater anxiety about his place in the revolutionary world. James Wilson's life story is a testament to the success that tens of thousands of Scottish immigrants achieved after their trans-Atlantic voyage, but it also reminds us that not all had a happy ending. This book provides a more nuanced and complete picture of James Wilson’s contributions in American history. His contributions were far greater than just the attention paid to his legal lectures. His is a very human story of a Scottish immigrant who experienced success and acclaim for his activities on behalf of the American people during his public service, but in his personal affairs, and particularly financial life, he suffered the great heights and deep lows worthy of a Greek tragedy. James Wilson's life is an entry point into the events of the latter half of the 18th century and the impact of the Scottish Enlightenment on American society, discourse, and government.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781498590792
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 09/23/2021
Pages: 300
Product dimensions: 6.11(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Michael H. Taylor teaches at Kennesaw State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: James Wilson Returns to Philadelphia

Chapter Two: Leaving Scotland for America

Chapter Three: Philadelphia 1768 - James Wilson, William White, and The Visitant

Chapter Four: Reading 1768 - On the Edge of Empire

Chapter Five: Philadelphia 1787 - The Constitutional Convention

Chapter Six: The State House Yard Speech - October 6, 1787

Chapter Seven: The Anti-Federalists Respond

Chapter Eight: Twilight

Chapter Nine: Lingering Effects - The Wilson/Roosevelt Doctrine

Concluding Thoughts – James Wilson’s Contribution

References

Index

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