Thomas Jefferson, a modern Prometheus /

In Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus, Wilson Jeremiah Moses provides a critical assessment of Thomas Jefferson and the Jeffersonian influence. Scholars of American history have long debated the legacy of Thomas Jefferson. However, Moses deviates from other interpretations by positioning himself...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moses, Wilson Jeremiah, 1942- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
Series:	Cambridge studies on the American South.
Subjects:	Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Knowledge and learning. Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Influence. United States > Intellectual life > 18th century. United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Lincoln and historiography
Let our workshops remain at Monticello
Life, liberty, property, and peace
What is genius? "Openness, brilliance, and leadership"
A Renaissance man in the age of the Enlightenment
Baconism and natural science
Anthropology and ethnic cleansing: white "rubbish" blacks, and Indians
Education, religion, and social control
Women and the count of Monticello
Debt, deference and consumption
Defining the presidency.