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John Adams in the Parisian Crucible

The Cultural Foundations of American Power, 1778-1801

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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While the diplomatic career of John Adams in Europe is frequently sidelined as a series of petty personal conflicts, the early transatlantic relationship was defined by a much more sophisticated intellectual struggle for sovereignty. John Adams in the Parisian Crucible reframes early American diplomacy by exploring how the ideological and cultural landscapes of the French Enlightenment directly shaped the foundations of American geopolitical power. This study moves beyond traditional diplomatic narratives to examine how high-level political theory collided with the brutal, pragmatic realities of international statecraft.Challenging the long-standing myth of Adams as an incompetent diplomat, this book reveals that his diplomatic conflict was the result of a calculated character assassination orchestrated by the Comte de Vergennes. The book’s distinctive feature is its innovative methodology, that combines social network analysis with an intellectual history of Adams’s personal French library. By mapping these asymmetrical power dynamics, the book uncovers a republican realism forged in Paris that ultimately prepared Adams for the structural pressures of the US Presidency.This book is written for scholars, postgraduate researchers, and advanced students of early American history, the Age of Revolutions, and the history of international relations. It also holds strong appeal for biographers and general readers interested in a revisionist, politically sharp look at John Adams’s intellectual development and the true mechanics of the Franco-American alliance.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-10
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePerspectives on Early America
Antal sidor250
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041304128

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Philippe Maron is a historian of early American diplomacy and intellectual history. He completed his PhD at the University of Stirling, where he has taught in undergraduate programs. His research integrates social network analysis with the history of ideas to explore power dynamics in the Revolutionary Era. Fluent in English and French, his work brings a distinct cross-cultural lens to early American history. He is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and lives in Scotland.

IntroductionChapter 1The Library and the Salon: A Portrait of John Adams in ContextThe Republican Persona: The Private Mind and the Public StageThe Architecture of Knowledge: An Analysis of the Adams French LibraryMirror Images: Constructing ‘l’Americain’ in the French ImaginationThe American Mirage: Vergennes and the Strategic AllianceChapter 2Between Court and Congress: The Education of a Diplomat, 1778-1782The Republican Mandate: The Continental CongressThe Versailles Protocol: Republican Resistance in the Hall of MirrorsThe Dutch Pivot: Credit, Sovereignty, and the Strategy of RecognitionChapter 3Sovereignty, Sentiment, and the Deconstruction of the French Alliance, 1782-1783The Anatomy of Antagonism: Vergennes and the Incompatibility of Sovereign InterestsThe Triangulation of Power: Adams, Versailles and the Continental CongressThe Price of Autonomy: Negotiating the Peace of 1783Chapter 4The Revolutionary Rupture, 1789-1801The French Revolution: Intellectual Rupture and the French TransformationThe Realist Turn: The Republican Ideal and the Constitutional Synthesis The Great Severance: Statecraft, Ideology, and the Making of American SovereigntyConclusionPostfaceThe Adams-Jefferson Correspondence. A Post-Mortem of Revolutionary CultureBibliography