Format:
1 online resource (646 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781444344608
Series Statement:
Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History Ser v.81
Content:
"A marvelous collection of authoritative and well-written essays on nearly every aspect of Jefferson's life and legacy. Compiling and editing the works of such a variety of scholars is no easy task, and Frank D. Cogliano deserves the highest praise." - Gordon S. Wood, Brown University "No American president cared more about posterity's judgment than Thomas Jefferson. This kaleidoscopic collection, by an all-star cast of scholars, is the most comprehensive historical assessment of him ever undertaken." - David Armitage, Harvard University, author of The Declaration of Independence: A Global History "Deftly edited by Francis D. Cogliano, A Companion to Thomas Jefferson explores the greatest mystery in American history: Who was Thomas Jefferson? Brilliant, elusive, and contradictory, Jefferson compels and confounds as a key to our national origins and to our enduring dilemmas in politics and race. In this comprehensive collection of vivid essays, a stellar cast of leading scholars offers compelling new insights that enrich our understanding of the most mercurial of our founders." - Alan Taylor, University of California, Davis "Frank Cogliano has brought together the leading specialists to create an invaluable and authoritative collection of essays for anyone interested in the most current scholarship on Thomas Jefferson. It covers a wide array of different aspects of his life and legacy including coverage of his role as a plantation manager and slavery at Monticello. It will help to navigate readers through the overwhelming secondary literature and to offer greater clarity about the man who many regard as the most elusive of the Founding Fathers." - Dr. Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy, Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello.
Content:
Intro -- A COMPANION TO THOMAS JEFFERSON -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I JEFFERSON'S LIFE AND TIMES -- 1 Jefferson and Biography -- 2 Jefferson's Virginia -- 3 Thomas Jefferson and A Summary View of the Rights of British North America -- 4 The Declaration of Independence -- 5 "I have known": Thomas Jefferson, Experience, and Notes on the State of Virginia -- 6 The Virginia Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom -- 7 A Republican Reformation: Thomas Jefferson's Civil Religion and the Separation of Church from State -- 8 The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson -- 9 Jefferson as Party Leader -- 10 A Qualified Revolution: The Presidential Election of 1800 -- 11 The (Federalist?) Presidency of Thomas Jefferson -- 12 From "Floating Ardor" to the "Union of Sentiment": Jefferson on the Relationship between Public Opinion and the Executive -- 13 Jefferson and International Relations -- 14 Jefferson in Retirement -- PART II THEMES -- 15 Thomas Jefferson and Native Americans -- 16 Thomas Jefferson: Planter and Farmer -- 17 Thomas Jefferson and Slavery -- 18 Sally Hemings -- 19 Thomas Jefferson and Affairs of the Heart -- 20 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams -- 21 The Libraries of Thomas Jefferson -- 22 Jefferson and the Law -- 23 Thomas Jefferson, Cosmopolitanism, and the Enlightenment -- 24 Thomas Jefferson and the Ancient World -- 25 Jefferson and American Democracy -- 26 Thomas Jefferson and Constitutionalism -- 27 Political Economy -- 28 Jefferson and Education -- PART III LEGACY -- 29 History, Politics, and the Self: Jefferson's "Anas" and Autobiography -- 30 "For Generations to Come": Creating the "Definitive" Jefferson Edition -- 31 Preservation and Education: Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation -- 32 Jefferson's Legacy: The Nation as Interpretative Community.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781444330151
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781444330151
Language:
English
Keywords:
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