Background
Buel, Richard Van Wyck was born on July 22, 1933 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Richard Van Wyck Senior and Frances Worthington (Thompson) Buel.
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The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America
( Combining the skills of a gifted writer and a scholar's...)
Combining the skills of a gifted writer and a scholar's grasp of early America, The Way of Duty draws readers into a vividly evoked world. The Buels have used a rich trove of documents to tell the story of a Connecticut woman, Mary Fish Silliman (1736–1818), whose adventures illuminate the day-to-day realities of living through the American Revolution.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393302253/?tag=2022091-20
Dear Liberty: Connecticut's Mobilization for the Revolutionary War
(Dear Liberty: Connecticut's Mobilization for the Revoluti...)
Dear Liberty: Connecticut's Mobilization for the Revolutionary War
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0819550477/?tag=2022091-20
The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America
( Combining the skills of a gifted writer and a scholar's...)
Combining the skills of a gifted writer and a scholar's grasp of early America, The Way of Duty draws readers into a vividly evoked world. The Buels have used a rich trove of documents to tell the story of a Connecticut woman, Mary Fish Silliman (1736–1818), whose adventures illuminate the day-to-day realities of living through the American Revolution.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393312100/?tag=2022091-20
Securing the revolution. Ideology in American politics, 1789-1815
( This book addresses a special kind of politics created ...)
This book addresses a special kind of politics created by the success of the American Revolution. The framing and adoption of a new federal Constitution in 1787-1788 resolved only some of the problems that plagued the nation’s politics throughout the Confederation period. It did help to fund the war debt and gain access to the European commercial empires, but the Constitution did not address the many concerns regarding political turmoil, government power and the general feeling of vulnerability that the Revolution instilled in the populace. Richard Buel, Jr. takes an interesting approach in “Securing the American Revolution,” creating a highly coherent and educational text. Buel’s approach was shaped by the assumption that public opinion was the single most important ingredient in the politics of the first party system. He treats the leading actors in this drama as the representatives of political principles rather than human beings in their own right, because that is how the public saw them. Similarly, Buel portrays parties as more homogenous than they really were because they seemed so to the people at the time. Because of Buels’ emphasis on ideology and public opinion, he bases most of this account on public sources. This enables readers to learn from actual documents that the Americans of the Revolution had access to, particularly newspapers with wide circulations, reports of congressional debates, diplomatic correspondence, and presidential addresses.
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- Dear Liberty: Connecticut's Mobilization for the Revolutionary War by Richard Buel Jr. (1980-01-01)
- Securing the Revolution; Ideology in American Politics, 1789-1815. (Securing the Revolution; Ideology in American Politics, 1...)
- The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America by Joy Day Buel (1995-04-17)
- The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America by Joy Day Buel (1984-11-07)
Richard Van Wyck Buel
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Richard Van Wyck Buel, American History educator, writer, editors Fellow Charles Warren Center, Harvard University, 1966-1967, American Council Learned Socs., 1966-1967, 74-75, National Endowment for Humanities, 1985; Guggenheim Foundation, 1986; junior humanist fellow National Endowment for Humanities, 1971-1972; John Carter Brown fellow, 1986.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1955; A.M., Harvard University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy in American History, Harvard University, 1962.
Career
Teaching fellow in history, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1962; assistant professor of history, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1962-1969; associate professor, Wesleyan University, 1969-1975; professor, Wesleyan University, since 1975; chairman history department, Wesleyan University, 1978-1981. Ray A. Billington visiting professor United States history Occidental College, 1999-1900.
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The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America
( Combining the skills of a gifted writer and a scholar's...)
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The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America
( Combining the skills of a gifted writer and a scholar's...)
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Securing the revolution. Ideology in American politics, 1789-1815
( This book addresses a special kind of politics created ...)
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Dear Liberty: Connecticut's Mobilization for the Revolutionary War
(Dear Liberty: Connecticut's Mobilization for the Revoluti...)
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Securing the Revolution; Ideology in American Politics, 1789-1815.
(Securing the Revolution; Ideology in American Politics, 1...)
- Securing The Revolution -
- Dear Liberty: Connecticut's Mobilization for the Revolutionary War by Richard Buel Jr. (1980-01-01)
- The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America by Joy Day Buel (1995-04-17)
- The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America by Joy Day Buel (1984-11-07)
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The Way of Duty: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America
Membership
Board of directors Northern Middlesex United Fund, Middletown, Connecticut, 1965-1968. Mem.Bd. Finance, Haddam, Connecticut, 1972-1974. Member Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences (vice president 1975-1981), American History Association, Institute Early American History and Culture, Society History of Early Republic, Organisation American Historians, New England History Association (Vice-President 1991, president 1992), Conn.Coordinating Committee for Promotion History, Connecticut Humanities Council, Pettipaug Yacht Club (rear commodore 1984-1986, vice commodore 1986-1988, commodore 1988-1990), Connecticut History Commission, Acorn Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
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Married JoyEvelyn Margaret Day, June 5, 1964 (deceased April 1987). Married Marilyn Ellman Frankel, July 18, 1992. 1 child, Margaret Alexandra.
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Fellow Charles Warren Center, Harvard University, 1966-1967, American Council Learned Socs., 1966-1967, 74-75, National Endowment for Humanities, 1985. Guggenheim Foundation, 1986. Junior humanist fellow National Endowment for Humanities, 1971-1972. John Carter Brown fellow, 1986.Fellow Charles Warren Center, Harvard University, 1966-1967, American Council Learned Socs., 1966-1967, 74-75, National Endowment for Humanities, 1985. Guggenheim Foundation, 1986. Junior humanist fellow National Endowment for Humanities, 1971-1972.
John Carter Brown fellow, 1986.