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Hutson, James Howard was born on August 8, 1937 in Bridgeport, West Virginia, United States. Son of Howard and Josephine Miller Hutson.
(Forgotten Features of the Founding: The Recovery of Relig...)
Forgotten Features of the Founding: The Recovery of Religious Themes in the Early American Republic is a book of six original essays that explore the deep significance of previously neglected religious themes in the Founding Era. Author James Hutson argues convincingly that without understanding these themes, it is impossible to comprehend the religious mentality of the Founding Era. Among the themes elucidated and explored are the doctrine of the future state of rewards and punishments, the civil magistrate's idealized role as the nursing father, and the conception of rights as moral powers grounded in religion. Hutson's thought-provoking and exhaustively researched essays challenge current scholarship on the Founding Era, which often downplays the importance of Christian ideals in the formation of the American government. Forgotten Features of the Founding is a must read for scholars of American history and those interested in the role of religion in American life.
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(Forgotten Features of the Founding: The Recovery of Relig...)
Forgotten Features of the Founding: The Recovery of Religious Themes in the Early American Republic is a book of six original essays that explore the deep significance of previously neglected religious themes in the Founding Era. Author James Hutson argues convincingly that without understanding these themes, it is impossible to comprehend the religious mentality of the Founding Era. Among the themes elucidated and explored are the doctrine of the future state of rewards and punishments, the civil magistrate's idealized role as the nursing father, and the conception of rights as moral powers grounded in religion. Hutson's thought-provoking and exhaustively researched essays challenge current scholarship on the Founding Era, which often downplays the importance of Christian ideals in the formation of the American government. Forgotten Features of the Founding is a must read for scholars of American history and those interested in the role of religion in American life.
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(In a clear and original treatment of a controversial topi...)
In a clear and original treatment of a controversial topic, historian James H. Hutson describes the rise of organized religion in America and its interaction with government from the arrival of Protestant and Catholic groups in New England and the middle Colonies in the early 17th century to the establishment of new religious groups in the early decades of the 19th century. By interpreting the Puritans' arrival in New England in the context of European religious persecution, he lays the groundwork for his examination of the evolving relationship between church and state in America. The history of Rhode Island Baptists and Pennsylvania Quakers prefigured the principles of religious freedom and separation of church and state laid down in the founding documents of the US. Hutson describes the founding of the federal and state governments and the founders' attitudes toward religion's role in government. Hutson's own expertise and the Library of Congress's rich documentation of this period give particular weight and interest to this period.
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(This book is a reproduction of a volume found in the coll...)
This book is a reproduction of a volume found in the collection of the University of Michigan Library. It is produced from digital images created through the Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The digital images for this book were cleaned and prepared for printing through automatic processes. Despite the cleaning process, occasional flaws may still be present that were part of the original work itself, or introduced during digitization, including missing pages.
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(The Sister Republics: The Swiss Confederation and the Uni...)
The Sister Republics: The Swiss Confederation and the United States of America. As nations, the United States and Switzerland differ greatly in age, size, population, and in their respective roles on the world stage, yet they enjoy historically close ties, common interests, shared traditions, and remarkable political similarities as federal unions of independent states with representative democracies. The Sister Republics revives a like-named exhibition conceived in 1991 by Dr. James H. Hutson of the Library of Congress to mark the septicentennial of the Swiss Confederation, since then, a touring version of the exhibition has appeared in many cities in the U.S. and Switzerland. This book and the exhibition that it accompanies, have been made possible by generous grants by the Swiss government.
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(To Make All Laws is a lively and anecdotal history of the...)
To Make All Laws is a lively and anecdotal history of the origins, accomplishments, and changing character of the United States Congress during its first two hundred years. The many illustrations include political cartoons, photos, newspaper and magazine reproductions, and rare documents and prints from the Library of Congress.
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(The figure of John Adams looms large in American foreign ...)
The figure of John Adams looms large in American foreign relations of the Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary years. James H. Hutson captures this elusive personality of this remarkable figure, highlighting the triumphs and the despairs that Adams experienced as he sought―at times, he felt, single-handedly―to establish the new Republic on a solid footing among the nations of the world. Benjamin Franklin, thirty years Adams's senior and already a world-respected figure, was his personal nemesis, seeming always to dog his steps in his diplomatic missions. The diplomacy of the American Revolution as exemplified by John Adams was not radically revolutionary or peculiarly American. Whereas the prevailing progressive interpretation of Revolutionary diplomacy sees it as repudiating the standard European theories and practices, Hutson finds that Adams adhered consistently to a policy that was in fact basically European and conservative. Adams assumed―as did his contemporaries―that power was aggressive and that it should be contained in a balance, so his actions while in diplomatic service were generally directed toward this goal. Adams's basic ideas survived his turbulent diplomatic missions with undiminished coherence. For him the value of the protective system of the balance of power―having been tested in the harsh theater of European diplomacy―was indisputable and could be applied to domestic political arrangements as well as to international relations.
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Hutson, James Howard was born on August 8, 1937 in Bridgeport, West Virginia, United States. Son of Howard and Josephine Miller Hutson.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1959. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1964.
Editor, lecturer history Yale University, New Haven, 1964—1969, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1969—1972. From coordinator American Revolution to chief Manuscript Division Library. Congress, Washington, 1972—1982, chief Manuscript Division, since 1982.
Member National History Publications and Records Commission, Washington, 1982—1990. Administrative officer permanent committee Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise L, Washington, since 1976.
(Forgotten Features of the Founding: The Recovery of Relig...)
(Forgotten Features of the Founding: The Recovery of Relig...)
(To Make All Laws is a lively and anecdotal history of the...)
(The figure of John Adams looms large in American foreign ...)
(This book is a reproduction of a volume found in the coll...)
(The Sister Republics: The Swiss Confederation and the Uni...)
(In a clear and original treatment of a controversial topi...)
(Book by Hutson, James H.)
Member of Massachusetts History Society, Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Kathryn Milner Logee, June 6, 1965. Children: Benjamin, Scott.