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A companion to Thomas Jefferson

✍ Scribed by Jefferson, Thomas; Cogliano, Francis D.; Jefferson, Thomas


Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2012
Tongue
English
Leaves
622
Series
Blackwell companions to American history
Edition
1
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


A Companion to Thomas Jefferson presents a state-of-the-art assessment and overview of the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson through a collection of essays grounded in the latest scholarship.

  • Features essays by the leading scholars in the field, including Pulitzer Prize winners Annette Gordon-Reed and Jack Rakove
  • Includes a section that considers Jefferson’s legacy
  • Explores Jefferson’s wide range of interests and expertise, and covers his public career, private life, his views on democracy, and his writings
  • Written to be accessible for the non-specialist as well as Jefferson scholars

✦ Table of Contents


Content: Front Matter --
Jefferson's Life and Times. Jefferson and Biography / Annette Gordon-Reed --
Jefferson's Virginia / Michael A McDonnell --
Thomas Jefferson and / Kristofer Ray --
The Declaration of Independence / Robert G Parkinson --
₃I have known₄: Thomas Jefferson, Experience, and / Peter Thompson --
The Virginia Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom / John A Ragosta --
A Republican Reformation: Thomas Jefferson's Civil Religion and the Separation of Church from State / Johann N Neem --
The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson / Iain McxLean --
Jefferson as Party Leader / Todd Estes --
A Qualified Revolution: The Presidential Election of 1800 / Joanne B Freeman --
The (Federalist?) Presidency of Thomas Jefferson / Robert M S McDonald --
From ₃Floating Ardor₄ to the ₃Union of Sentiment₄: Jefferson on the Relationship between Public Opinion and the Executive / Jeremy D Bailey --
Jefferson and International Relations / Leonard J Sadosky --
Jefferson in Retirement / Andrew Burstein --
Themes. Thomas Jefferson and Native Americans / Andrew Cayton --
Thomas Jefferson: Planter and Farmer / Lucia Stanton --
Thomas Jefferson and Slavery / Cassandra Pybus --
Sally Hemings / Catherine Kerrison --
Thomas Jefferson and Affairs of the Heart / Billy L Wayson --
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams / Richard Samuelson --
The Libraries of Thomas Jefferson / Kevin J Hayes --
Jefferson and the Law / David Thomas Konig --
Thomas Jefferson, Cosmopolitanism, and the Enlightenment / Hannah Spahn --
Thomas Jefferson and the Ancient World / Caroline Winterer --
Jefferson and American Democracy / Peter S Onuf --
Thomas Jefferson and Constitutionalism / R B Bernstein --
Political Economy / Max M Edling --
Jefferson and Education / Cameron Addis --
Legacy. History, Politics, and the Self: Jefferson's ₃Anas₄ and Autobiography / Matthew E Crow --
₃For Generations to Come₄: Creating the ₃Definitive₄ Jefferson Edition / Barbara B Oberg, James P McClure --
Preservation and Education: Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation / Francis D Cogliano --
Jefferson's Legacy: The Nation as Interpretative Community / Brian Steele --
Thomas Jefferson in the Twenty-First Century / Jack N Rakove --
Bibliography --
Index.

✦ Subjects


Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826. Presidents -- United States -- Biography. United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809. HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 Politics and government Presi


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