Iain Mclean

Thomas Jefferson's Enlightenment

English, Scottish and French Influences on the Third Us President

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how English, Scottish and French thoughts on ethics, science, and politics influenced Thomas Jefferson's leadership in the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 159mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781666940435
• ISBN-10: 1666940437
• Artikelnr.: 71774629

Autorenporträt

Iain McLean is senior research fellow and emeritus professor in politics at Nuffield College, Oxford University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology
Introduction
Part One: England
Chapter One: 'I cannot live without books'
Chapter Two: A country Whig in Williamsburg: the education of Thomas
Jefferson
Part Two: Scotland
Chapter Three: The Scottish Enlightenment comes to Virginia
Chapter Four: Declaring independence and religious freedom the Scottish way
Part Three: France
Chapter Five: A Virginian in Paris
Chapter Six: Jefferson in the salons of Paris: a deeper dive
Chapter Seven: The social mathematics of the Marquis de Condorcet
Part Four: Monticello
Chapter Eight: The Room where it happened: the conflict between two
paragons of the American Enlightenment
Chapter Nine: The climax of the American enlightenment: the Danbury
Baptists, the 'Jefferson Bible', and Jefferson's last letter
Chapter Ten: The General Spread of the Light of Science
Conclusion
Author's Note
Bibliography
About the Author