Light and liberty : Thomas Jefferson and the power of knowledge /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McDonald, Robert M. S., 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
Series:Jeffersonian America.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • "The yeomanry of the United States are not the canaille of Paris" : Thomas Jefferson, American exceptionalism, and the "spirit" of democracy / Brian Steele
  • "To diffuse knowledge more generally through the mass of the people" : Thomas Jefferson on individual freedom and the distribution of knowledge / Johann N. Neem
  • Consistent in creation : Thomas Jefferson, natural aristocracy, and the problem of knowledge / Richard A. Samuelson
  • The Jefferson gospel : a religious education of peace, reason, and morality / Cameron Addis
  • West from West Point : Thomas Jefferson's military academy and the "empire of liberty" / Christine Coalwell McDonald and Robert M.S. McDonald
  • Thomas Jefferson, colporteur of the enlightenment / Frank Shuffelton
  • "Presenting to them models for their imitation" : Thomas Jefferson's reform of American architecture / Craig A. Reynolds
  • Recording history : the Thomas Sully portrait of Thomas Jefferson / Gaye Wilson
  • Afterword : light, liberty, and slavery / Joyce Appleby.