Thomas Jefferson: reputation and legacy
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1. Verfasser: Cogliano, Francis D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2006
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Beschreibung:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction : the estimation of the world -- History -- The Revolution -- Jefferson's papers -- Monticello -- Jefferson's epitaph -- Sally Hemings -- Slavery -- America and the world -- Conclusion : 'Jefferson survives'
This first major study of Thomas Jefferson?s reputation in nearly fifty years is concerned with Jefferson and history?both as something Jefferson made and something that he sought to shape. Jefferson was acutely aware that he would be judged by posterity and he deliberately sought to influence history?s judgment of him. He did so, it argues, in order to promote his vision of a global republican future. It begins by situating Jefferson?s ideas about history within the context of eighteenth-century historical thought, and then considers the efforts Jefferson made to shape the way the history of
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 276 pages)
ISBN:0748636625
9780748636624

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