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UNINA9910461698803321 |
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Thomas Jefferson, the classical world, and early America [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas P. Cole |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-49012-8 |
9786613585356 |
0-8139-3182-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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OnufPeter S |
ColeNicholas <1978-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Classicism - United States - History - 18th century |
Political science - United States - History - 18th century |
Electronic books. |
United States Civilization Classical influences Congresses |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"This volume comprises a selection of essays presented at a conference held at the American Academy in Rome on October 13-14, 2008 ... "--Pref. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction / Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas P. Cole -- Prologue : the legacy of Rome in the American Revolution / Gordon S. Wood -- Ancients, moderns, and the progress of mankind : Thomas Jefferson's classical world / Peter S. Onuf -- Jefferson and natural morality : classical moral theory, moral sense, and rights / Michael P. Zuckert -- Classical taste at Monticello : the case of Thomas Jefferson's daughter and granddaughters / Caroline Winterer -- Jefferson's classical architecture : an American agenda / Richard Guy Wilson -- George Washington : Cincinnatus or Marcus Aurelius? / Maurie D. McInnis -- America and ancient and modern Europe / Nicholas P. Cole -- Aristotle and King Alfred in America / Peter Thompson -- Jefferson's classical silence, 1774-1776 : historical consciousness and Roman history in the revolutionary South / Eran Shalev -- Cicero and the classical republican legacy in America / Paul A. Rahe -- Pericles in America : the founding era and beyond / Jennifer T. Roberts. |
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