Affairs
of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic
and Alexander Hamilton, Writings
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Joanne B. Freeman, assistant professor
of history at Yale University and author of the widely acclaimed book
Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic (Yale University
Press, 2001), will speak at the Library of Congress at 6 p.m. on Wednesday,
Dec 12, in the Montpelier Room, sixth floor, James Madison Memorial Building,
101 Independence Ave. S.E. She will discuss both Affairs of Honor and
Alexander Hamilton, Writings (Library of America, 2001), which she
edited. Part of the Center for the Book's "Books & Beyond"
author series, the program is free and open to the public.
"A relative newcomer to the scholarly scene, Joanne is off to a strong
start," said John Y. Cole, Director of the Center for the Book. "In
addition to excellent reviews for Affairs of Honor, her lifetime
interest in Alexander Hamilton is the subject of a feature article in
the September 14 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education."
Affairs of Honor, a major reassessment of political culture in
the early years of the American Republic, explores both the public actions
and private papers of figures such as Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and
Alexander Hamilton. The book has received strong endorsements from many
prominent historians. Jack Rakove of Stanford University noted that this
"vividly written and analytically incisive" work heralded "the
debut of an imaginative and perceptive scholar." Rutgers University's
Jan Lewis, praising Ms. Freeman's work as "enormously original,"
called the book "a real breakthrough - we'll never look at politics
in the same way."
Affairs of Honor and Alexander Hamilton, Writings, are Ms. Freeman's
first published books. The author of many scholarly articles, she has
served as a history consultant for the History Channel, the Public Broadcasting
Service, and the Discovery Channel. She has been an exhibition coordinator
for the Library of Congress and a staff member of the National Digital
Library's American Memory project. Most recently, she was the 2000-2001
recipient of the J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship Award, sponsored by the
American Historical Association and the Library of Congress.
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