Bibliography of James Monroe


The following is a list of important scholarly resources related to James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States. for a comprehensive older guide see Harry Ammon, James Monroe: A Bibliography.

Secondary sources

  • 706 pp. standard scholarly biography
  • Ammon, Harry. "James Monroe" in Henry F. Graff ed., The Presidents: A Reference History
  • Cresson, William P. James Monroe. 577 pp. good scholarly biography
  • Cunningham, Noble E., Jr. The Presidency of James Monroe. 1996. 246 pp. standard scholarly survey
  • Dangerfield, George. Era of Good Feelings
  • Elkins, Stanley M. and Eric McKitrick. The Age of Federalism. most advanced analysis of the politics of the 1790s.
  • Heidler, David S. "The Politics of National Aggression: Congress and the First Seminole War," Journal of the Early Republic 1993 13: 501–530.
  • Finkelman, Paul, ed. Encyclopedia of the New American Nation, 1754–1829, 1600 pp.
  • superficial, short, popular biography
  • Haworth, Peter Daniel. "James Madison and James Monroe Historiography: A Tale of Two Divergent Bodies of Scholarship." in A Companion to James Madison and James Monroe : 521-539.
  • Pulitzer Prize; a sweeping interpretation of the era
  • Holmes, David L. The Faiths of the Founding Fathers, May 2006,
  • Kranish, Michael. "At Capitol, slavery's story turns full circle", The Boston Globe, Boston, December 28, 2008.
  • Leibiger, Stuart, ed. A Companion to James Madison and James Monroe ; emphasis on historiography
  • McGrath, Tim. James Monroe: A Life 736pp0
  • McManus, Michael J. “President James Monroe’s Domestic Policies, 1817–1825: ‘To Advance the Best Interests of Our Union,’” in A Companion to James Madison and James Monroe, ed. Stuart Leibiger, 438–55.
  • May, Ernest R. The Making of the Monroe Doctrine, argues it was issued to influence the outcome of the presidential election of 1824.
  • Perkins, Bradford. Castlereagh and Adams: England and the United States, 1812–1823
  • Perkins, Dexter. The Monroe Doctrine, 1823–1826, the standard monograph about the origins of the doctrine.
  • Poston, Brook. "'Bolder Attitude': James Monroe, the French Revolution, and the Making of the Monroe Doctrine." Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 124.4 : 282.
  • Poston, Brook. James Monroe: A Republican Champion
  • Powell, Walter & Steinberg, Richard. The nonprofit sector: a research handbook, Yale, 2006, p. 40.
  • Renehan Edward J., Jr. The Monroe Doctrine: The Cornerstone of American Foreign Policy
  • Scherr, Arthur. "James Monroe and John Adams: An Unlikely 'Friendship'". The Historian 67#3 pp 405+.
  • Skeen, Carl Edward. 1816: America Rising popular history
  • Scherr, Arthur. "James Monroe on the Presidency and 'Foreign Influence: from the Virginia Ratifying Convention to Jefferson's Election." Mid-America 2002 84: 145–206..
  • Scherr, Arthur. "Governor James Monroe and the Southampton Slave Resistance of 1799." Historian 1999 61: 557–578. Fulltext online in SwetsWise and Ebsco.
  • Styron, Arthur. The Last of the Cocked Hats: James Monroe and the Virginia Dynasty. 480 pp. thorough, scholarly treatment of the man and his times.
  • a new biography.
  • White, Leonard D. The Jeffersonians: A Study in Administrative History, 1801–1829, explains the operation and organization of federal administration
  • Whitaker, Arthur P. The United States and the Independence of Latin America
  • Wilmerding, Jr., Lucius, James Monroe: Public Claimant A study regarding Monroe's attempts to get reimbursement for personal expenses and losses from his years in public service after his presidency ended.
  • Wood, Gordon S. ''Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815''

Primary sources

  • Brown, Stuart Gerry, ed. The Autobiography of James Monroe ; fragments of Monroe's unfinished autobiography,
  • Preston, Daniel, ed. The Papers of James Monroe: Selected Correspondence and Papers, the major scholarly edition; in progress, with coverage to 1814.
  • Monroe, James. The Political Writings of James Monroe. ed. by James P. Lucier,. 863 pp.Writings of James Monroe, edited by Stanislaus Murray Hamilton, ed., 7 vols.
  • Richardson, James D. ed. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, reprints his major messages and reports.

For children

  • Venezia, Mike. ''James Monroe: Fifth President, 1817-1825''