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 RakoveIncludes a section that considers Jefferson’s legacyExplores Jefferson’s wide range of interests and expertise, and covers his public career, private life, his views on democracy, and his writingsWritten to be accessible for the non-specialist as well as Jefferson scholars INDICE: List of Figures and Tables xNotes on Contributors xiAbbreviations xviiIntroduction xixFrancis D. CoglianoPART I JEFFERSON’S LIFE AND TIMES 11 Jefferson and Biography 3Annette Gordon-Reed2 Jefferson’s Virginia 16Michael A. McDonnell3 Thomas Jefferson and A Summary View of the Rights of British North America 32Kristofer Ray4 The Declaration of Independence 44Robert G. Parkinson5 I have known: Thomas Jefferson, Experience, and Notes on the State of Virginia 60Peter Thompson6 The Virginia Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom 75John A. Ragosta7 A Republican Reformation: Thomas Jefferson’s Civil Religion and the Separation of Church from State 91Johann N.Neem8 The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson 110Iain McLean9 Jefferson as Party Leader 128Todd Estes10 A Qualified Revolution: The Presidential Election of 1800 145Joanne B. Freeman11 The (Federalist?) Presidency of Thomas Jefferson 164Robert M.S. McDonald12 From Floating Ardor to the Union of Sentiment: Jefferson on the Relationship between Public Opinion and the Executive 184Jeremy D. Bailey13 Jefferson and International Relations 199Leonard J. Sadosky14 Jefferson in Retirement 218Andrew BursteinPART II THEMES 23515 Thomas Jefferson and Native Americans 237Andrew Cayton16 Thomas Jefferson: Planter and Farmer 253Lucia Stanton17 Thomas Jefferson and Slavery 271Cassandra Pybus18 Sally Hemings 284Catherine Kerrison19 Thomas Jefferson and Affairs of the Heart 301Billy L. Wayson20 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams 318Richard Samuelson21 The Libraries of Thomas Jefferson 333Kevin J.Hayes22 Jefferson and the Law 349David Thomas Konig23 Thomas Jefferson, Cosmopolitanism, and the Enlightenment 364Hannah Spahn24 Thomas Jefferson and the Ancient World 380Caroline Winterer25 Jefferson and American Democracy 397Peter S. Onuf26 Thomas Jefferson and Constitutionalism 419R.B. Bernstein27 PoliticalEconomy 439Max M. Edling28 Jefferson and Education 457Cameron AddisPART III LEGACY 47529 History, Politics, and the Self: Jefferson’s Anas and Autobiography 477Matthew E. Crow30 For Generations to Come: Creating the Definitive Jefferson Edition 491Barbara B. Oberg and James P. McClure31 Preservation and Education: Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation 510Francis D. Cogliano32 Jefferson’s Legacy: The Nation as Interpretative Community 526Brian Steele33 Thomas Jefferson in the Twenty-First Century 551Jack N. RakoveBibliography 567Index 595
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-4463-9
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 608
- Fecha Publicación: 17/04/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés