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
Content:
Chapter One Jefferson and Biography (pages 1–15): Annette Gordon?Reed
Chapter Two Jefferson's Virginia (pages 16–31): Michael A. McDonnell
Chapter Three Thomas Jefferson and A Summary View of the Rights of British North America (pages 32–43): Kristofer Ray
Chapter Four The Declaration of Independence (pages 44–59): Robert G. Parkinson
Chapter Five “I have known”: Thomas Jefferson, Experience, and Notes on the State of Virginia (pages 60–74): Peter Thompson
Chapter Six The Virginia Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom (pages 75–90): John A. Ragosta
Chapter Seven A Republican Reformation: Thomas Jefferson's Civil Religion and the Separation of Church from State (pages 91–109): Johann N. Neem
Chapter Eight The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson (pages 110–127): Iain McxLean
Chapter Nine Jefferson as Party Leader (pages 128–144): Todd Estes
Chapter Ten A Qualified Revolution: The Presidential Election of 1800 (pages 145–163): Joanne B. Freeman
Chapter Eleven The (Federalist?) Presidency of Thomas Jefferson (pages 164–183): Robert M. S. McDonald
Chapter Twelve From “Floating Ardor” to the “Union of Sentiment”: Jefferson on the Relationship between Public Opinion and the Executive (pages 184–198): Jeremy D. Bailey
Chapter Thirteen Jefferson and International Relations (pages 199–217): Leonard J. Sadosky
Chapter Fourteen Jefferson in Retirement (pages 218–233): Andrew Burstein
Chapter Fifteen Thomas Jefferson and Native Americans (pages 235–252): Andrew Cayton
Chapter Sixteen Thomas Jefferson: Planter and Farmer (pages 253–270): Lucia Stanton
Chapter Seventeen Thomas Jefferson and Slavery (pages 271–283): Cassandra Pybus
Chapter Eighteen Sally Hemings (pages 284–300): Catherine Kerrison
Chapter Nineteen Thomas Jefferson and Affairs of the Heart (pages 301–317): Billy L. Wayson
Chapter Twenty Thomas Jefferson and John Adams (pages 318–332): Dr. Richard Samuelson
Chapter Twenty?One The Libraries of Thomas Jefferson (pages 333–348): Kevin J. Hayes
Chapter Twenty?Two Jefferson and the Law (pages 349–363): David Thomas Konig
Chapter Twenty?Three Thomas Jefferson, Cosmopolitanism, and the Enlightenment (pages 364–379): Hannah Spahn
Chapter Twenty?Four Thomas Jefferson and the Ancient World (pages 380–396): Caroline Winterer
Chapter Twenty?Five Jefferson and American Democracy (pages 397–418): Peter S. Onuf
Chapter Twenty?Six Thomas Jefferson and Constitutionalism (pages 419–438): R. B. Bernstein
Chapter Twenty?Seven Political Economy (pages 439–456): Max M. Edling
Chapter Twenty?Eight Jefferson and Education (pages 457–473): Cameron Addis
Chapter Twenty?Nine History, Politics, and the Self: Jefferson's “Anas” and Autobiography (pages 475–490): Matthew E. Crow
Chapter Thirty “For Generations to Come”: Creating the “Definitive” Jefferson Edition (pages 491–509): Barbara B. Oberg and James P. McClure
Chapter Thirty?One Preservation and Education: Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (pages 510–525): Francis D. Cogliano
Chapter Thirty?Two Jefferson's Legacy: The Nation as Interpretative Community (pages 526–550): Brian Steele
Chapter Thirty?Three Thomas Jefferson in the Twenty?First Century (pages 551–565): Jack N. Rakove