A Companion to Thomas Jefferson

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Francis D. Cogliano
John Wiley & Sons, Sep 15, 2011 - History - 646 pages
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
 

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Contents

Figure
Abbreviations
Jefferson and Biography
Jeffersons Virginia
Thomas Jefferson and A Summary View
The Declaration of Independence
I have known Thomas Jefferson
The Virginia Statute for Establishing
Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
Sally Hemings
Thomas Jefferson and Affairs of
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
Americans
Republic
The Libraries of Thomas
Jefferson and the

A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom5
from State
The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson as Party Leader
A Qualified Revolution The Presidential
The Federalist? Presidency
From Floating Ardor to the Union
Jefferson and International
Jefferson in Retirement
Thomas Jefferson and Native
Thomas Jefferson Planter
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson and
Jefferson and American
Thomas Jefferson
Political Economy
Jefferson and Education
History Politics and the Self
For Generations to Come Creating
Preservation and Education
Jeffersons Legacy The Nation
Copyright

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About the author (2011)

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).

Bibliographic information

TitleA Companion to Thomas Jefferson
Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History
EditorFrancis D. Cogliano
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2011
ISBN1444344617, 9781444344615
Length646 pages
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History / General
History / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
  
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