The Works of Thomas Jefferson;
The Works of Thomas Jefferson;

Author: Thomas Jefferson

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2018-02-04

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 9781376674316

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Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation
Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation

Author: Merrill D. Peterson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1986-09-11

Total Pages: 1106

ISBN-13: 0199840520

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The definitive life of Jefferson in one volume, this biography relates Jefferson's private life and thought to his prominent public position and reveals the rich complexity of his development. As Peterson explores the dominant themes guiding Jefferson's career--democracy, nationality, and enlightenment--and Jefferson's powerful role in shaping America, he simultaneously tells the story of nation coming into being.

Thomas Jefferson's Image of New England
Thomas Jefferson's Image of New England

Author: Arthur Scherr

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-10-05

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 0786475374

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Writers often depict Thomas Jefferson as a narrow-minded defender of states' rights and Virginia's interests, despite his authorship of the Declaration of Independence and vigorous defense of the young republic's sovereignty. Some historians claim he was particularly hostile to the New England states, whose Federalist electorate he regarded as enemies of his Democratic-Republican Party. This study of Jefferson's lifelong relationship with New England reveals him to be a consistent nationalist and friend of the region, from his first visit to Boston in 1784 to his recruiting of Massachusetts scholars to teach at the University of Virginia. His nationalist point of view is most evident where some historians claim to see it least: in his opinions of the people and politics of New England. He admired New Englanders' Revolutionary patriotism, especially that of his friend John Adams, and considered their direct democracy and town-meeting traditions a model for the rest of the Union.

The Mind of Thomas Jefferson
The Mind of Thomas Jefferson

Author: Peter S. Onuf

Publisher: University of Virginia Press

Published: 2012-10-05

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 0813934230

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In The Mind of Thomas Jefferson, one of the foremost historians of Jefferson and his time, Peter S. Onuf, offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation’s founding fathers. Challenging current attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, Onuf argues that historians must look at Jefferson’s language and life within the context of his own place and time. In this effort to restore Jefferson to his own world, Onuf reconnects that world to ours, providing a fresh look at the distinction between private and public aspects of his character that Jefferson himself took such pains to cultivate. Breaking through Jefferson’s alleged opacity as a person by collapsing the contemporary interpretive frameworks often used to diagnose his psychological and moral states, Onuf raises new questions about what was on Jefferson’s mind as he looked toward an uncertain future. Particularly striking is his argument that Jefferson’s character as a moralist is nowhere more evident, ironically, than in his engagement with the institution of slavery. At once reinvigorating the tension between past and present and offering a new way to view our connection to one of our nation’s founders, The Mind of Thomas Jefferson helps redefine both Jefferson and his time and American nationhood.

Liberty, State & Union
Liberty, State & Union

Author: Luigi Marco Bassani

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0881461865

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Examines the political ideals of Thomas Jefferson, discussing his views on the rights of man and state's rights, and describing the political theory that guided Jefferson's decisions as the nation's third president.