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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 Visualizza cluster
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->  
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-48941-3
9786613584649
0-8139-3237-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910820341003321
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Serie: Jeffersonian America.