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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155528703321

Autore

McDonald Robert M. S. <1970->

Titolo

Confounding father : Thomas Jefferson's image in his own time / / Robert M. S. McDonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, [Virgina] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8139-3897-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 pages)

Collana

Jeffersonian America

Disciplina

973.4/6092

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - Public opinion - History

Public opinion - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue: Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Virtue -- The invention of Thomas Jefferson -- The election of 1796 -- The "nauseous fog" -- The revolution of 1800 -- President of the people -- Race, sex, and reputation -- Triumphs -- "Dignified retirement" -- Light, liberty, and posterity -- Epilogue: the apotheosis.