| Jeffersonian Legacies: Onuf Contributor(s): Onuf, Peter S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813914639 ISBN-13: 9780813914633 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $29.21 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1993 Annotation: Leading historians including Joyce Appleby, Merrill Peterson, Jack Greene, Gordon Wood, Rhys Isaac, Jan Lewis, and Herbert Sloan reconstruct the world that Jefferson created for himself and envisioned for his countrymen. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
| Dewey: 973.460 |
| LCCN: 92-43937 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.50 lbs) 500 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the occasion of Thomas Jefferson's 250th birthday, a number of today's leading historicans take a fresh look at our third president, architect of democracy for his time and still for ours. Jeffersonian Legacies reconstructs the worlds Thomas Jefferson created for himself and envisioned for his countrymen. The authors consider Jefferson's career as a slave owner, his ambiguous and controversial testimony on the institution of slavery, and his significance for the civil rights movement and contemporary race relations. Jeffersonian Legacies provides the next generation of students, scholars, and citizens a better understanding not only of Jefferson in his own world but also his influence in the shaping of ours. |