A Companion to Thomas Jefferson

Herausgegeben von Cogliano, Francis D.

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Produktbeschreibung

This companion presents a comprehensive assessment of the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson through a collection of essays grounded in the latest scholarship. Works from more than thirty leading scholars explore specific themes of the influential Founding Father and third U.S.

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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

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to American History
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons / Wiley-Blackwell
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 646
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 180mm x 41mm
• Gewicht: 1350g
• ISBN-13: 9781444330151
• ISBN-10: 1444330152
• Artikelnr.: 33939251

Autorenporträt

Francis D. Cogliano is Professor of American History at the University of Edinburgh. A specialist in the history of revolutionary and early national America, Cogliano is the author or editor of several books on American history, including Thomas Jefferson: Reputation and Legacy (2006) and Revolutionary America: A Political History (2000, 2009).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables x Notes on Contributors xi Abbreviations xvii
Introduction xix Francis D. Cogliano PART I JEFFERSON'S LIFE AND TIMES 1 1
Jefferson and Biography 3 Annette Gordon-Reed 2 Jefferson's Virginia 16
Michael A. McDonnell 3 Thomas Jefferson and A Summary View of the Rights of
British North America 32 Kristofer Ray 4 The Declaration of Independence 44
Robert G. Parkinson 5 "I have known": Thomas Jefferson, Experience, and
Notes on the State of Virginia 60 Peter Thompson 6 The Virginia Statute for
Establishing Religious Freedom 75 John A. Ragosta 7 A Republican
Reformation: Thomas Jefferson's Civil Religion and the Separation of Church
from State 91 Johann N.Neem 8 The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson 110 Iain
McLean 9 Jefferson as Party Leader 128 Todd Estes 10 A Qualified
Revolution: The Presidential Election of 1800 145 Joanne B. Freeman 11 The
(Federalist?) Presidency of Thomas Jefferson 164 Robert M.S. McDonald
12 From "Floating Ardor" to the "Union of Sentiment": Jefferson on the
Relationship between Public Opinion and the Executive 184 Jeremy D. Bailey
13 Jefferson and International Relations 199 Leonard J. Sadosky 14
Jefferson in Retirement 218 Andrew Burstein PART II THEMES 235 15 Thomas
Jefferson and Native Americans 237 Andrew Cayton 16 Thomas Jefferson:
Planter and Farmer 253 Lucia Stanton 17 Thomas Jefferson and Slavery 271
Cassandra Pybus 18 Sally Hemings 284 Catherine Kerrison 19 Thomas Jefferson
and Affairs of the Heart 301 Billy L. Wayson 20 Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams 318 Richard Samuelson 21 The Libraries of Thomas Jefferson 333 Kevin
J. Hayes 22 Jefferson and the Law 349 David Thomas Konig 23 Thomas
Jefferson, Cosmopolitanism, and the Enlightenment 364 Hannah Spahn 24
Thomas Jefferson and the Ancient World 380 Caroline Winterer 25 Jefferson
and American Democracy 397 Peter S. Onuf 26 Thomas Jefferson and
Constitutionalism 419 R.B. Bernstein 27 Political Economy 439 Max M. Edling
28 Jefferson and Education 457 Cameron Addis PART III LEGACY 475 29
History, Politics, and the Self: Jefferson's "Anas" and Autobiography 477
Matthew E. Crow 30 "For Generations to Come": Creating the "Definitive"
Jefferson Edition 491 Barbara B. Oberg and James P. McClure 31 Preservation
and Education: Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation 510 Francis
D. Cogliano 32 Jefferson's Legacy: The Nation as Interpretative Community
526 Brian Steele 33 Thomas Jefferson in the Twenty-First Century 551 Jack
N. Rakove Bibliography 567 Index 595

Rezensionen

"A marvelous collection of authoritative and well-written essays on nearly every aspect of Jefferson's life and legacy. Compiling and editing the works of such a variety of scholars is no easy task, and Frank D. Cogliano deserves the highest praise." (Expofairs, 14 May 2013)