02335nam 2200445 450 991079451100332120230207113851.00-8139-4649-2(CKB)4100000011990632(MiAaPQ)EBC6530688(Au-PeEL)EBL6530688(OCoLC)1236895924(EXLCZ)99410000001199063220211016d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe illimitable freedom of the human mind Thomas Jefferson's idea of a university /Andrew J. O'ShaughnessyCharlottesville ;London :University of Virginia Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (369 pages)0-8139-4648-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Feast of Reason -- 2: Enlighten the People -- 3: My Single Anxiety in the World -- 4: We Shall Have Every Religious Man in Virginia against Us -- 5: The Academical Village -- 6: Useful Knowledge -- 7: A Wall of Separation -- Color Gallery -- 8: This Deplorable Entanglement -- 9: Idle Ramblers Incapableof Application -- 10: This Athenaeum -- Notes -- Index."The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind: Thomas Jefferson's Idea of a University is an accounting of Jefferson creating the University of Virginia. Using a biographical approach, this book shows that his vision did much to anticipate the modern university and that it was influential in the development of American higher education. Furthermore, the university distinguishes Jefferson as an advocate of a public education system"--Provided by publisher.Public universities and collegesVirginiaHistory19th centuryEducation, HigherUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPublic universities and collegesHistoryEducation, HigherHistory973.46092O'Shaughnessy Andrew Jackson1492458MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794511003321The illimitable freedom of the human mind3714987UNINA