Light & liberty : Thomas Jefferson and the power of knowledge / / edited by Robert M.S. McDonald
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| Titolo: |
Light & liberty : Thomas Jefferson and the power of knowledge / / edited by Robert M.S. McDonald
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| Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.4/6092 |
| Altri autori: |
McDonaldRobert M. S. <1970->
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | "The yeomanry of the United States are not the canaille of Paris" : Thomas Jefferson, American exceptionalism, and the "spirit" of democracy / Brian Steele -- "To diffuse knowledge more generally through the mass of the people" : Thomas Jefferson on individual freedom and the distribution of knowledge / Johann N. Neem -- Consistent in creation : Thomas Jefferson, natural aristocracy, and the problem of knowledge / Richard A. Samuelson -- The Jefferson gospel : a religious education of peace, reason, and morality / Cameron Addis -- West from West Point : Thomas Jefferson's military academy and the "empire of liberty" / Christine Coalwell McDonald and Robert M.S. McDonald -- Thomas Jefferson, colporteur of the enlightenment / Frank Shuffelton -- "Presenting to them models for their imitation" : Thomas Jefferson's reform of American architecture / Craig A. Reynolds -- Recording history : the Thomas Sully portrait of Thomas Jefferson / Gaye Wilson -- Afterword : light, liberty, and slavery / Joyce Appleby. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Never wavering from his faith that "knowledge is power," Jefferson embraced an expansive understanding of education as the foundation for a republic of free and responsible individuals who understood their rights and stood ready to defend them. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Thomas Jefferson and the power of knowledge |
| Light and liberty | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Light & liberty |
| ISBN: | 1-280-48941-3 |
| 9786613584649 | |
| 0-8139-3237-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820341003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Jeffersonian America.