The mind of Thomas Jefferson / / Peter S. Onuf
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| Autore: |
Onuf Peter S
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| Titolo: |
The mind of Thomas Jefferson / / Peter S. Onuf
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| Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.4/6092 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Making sense of Jefferson -- American synecdoche : Thomas Jefferson as image, icon, character, and self (with Jan Ellen Lewis) -- A declaration of independence for diplomatic historians -- Thomas Jefferson, federalist -- The revolution of 1803 -- Thomas Jefferson and the expanding union -- The Louisiana Purchase and American federalism -- Jefferson's religion : priestcraft, enlightenment, and the republican revolution -- Liberty to learn -- Thomas Jefferson's military academy : a summary view -- Thomas Jefferson, race, and national identity -- Every generation is an "independant nation" : colonization, miscegenation, and the fate of Jefferson's children -- Jefferson, morality, and the problem of slavery (with Ari Helo). |
| Sommario/riassunto: | At once reinvigorating the tension between past and present and offering a new way to view our connection to one of our nation's founders, The Mind of Thomas Jefferson helps redefine both Jefferson and his time and American nationhood. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mind of Thomas Jefferson |
| ISBN: | 1-283-80597-9 |
| 0-8139-3423-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823025003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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