Natural History in Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary America
byIn the second half of the 1700s, French natural historian Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, formulated what would be dubbed the “New World degeneracy”…
In the second half of the 1700s, French natural historian Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, formulated what would be dubbed the “New World degeneracy”…
A separation of powers is a defining structural feature of the federal government established by the United States Constitution, yet an explicit statement of…
Late in his life, after retiring the presidency, James Monroe drafted his own history. He was still struck, five decades after the War for…