The power of colonial classicism
Washington studies how to rise in colonial society
John Adams aims to become an American Cicero
Jefferson blooms at William & Mary
Madison breaks away to Princeton
Adams and the fuse of rebellion
Jefferson's declaration of the "American mind"
Washington: the noblest Roman of them all
The war strains the classical model
From a difficult war to an uneasy peace
Madison and the Constitution: balancing vice with vice
The Classical vision smashes into American reality
The revolution of 1800: the people, not the plebes
The end of American classicism
Epilogue: what we can do.
