Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 The Declaration of Independence and the new nation
- 2 Jefferson’s conception of republican government
- 3 Notes on the State of Virginia and the Jeffersonian West
- 4 Jefferson and Native Americans: policy and archive
- 5 Race and slavery in the era of Jefferson
- 6 Jefferson’s people: slavery at Monticello
- 7 Jefferson, science, and the Enlightenment
- 8 Thomas Jefferson and the creation of the American architectural image
- 9 The politics of pedagogy: Thomas Jefferson and the education of a democratic citizenry
- 10 Jefferson and religion: private belief, public policy
- 11 Jefferson and the language of friendship
- 12 Jefferson and Adams: friendship and the power of the letter
- 13 The resonance of minds: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the republic of letters
- 14 Jefferson and the democratic future
- Further reading
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2009
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 The Declaration of Independence and the new nation
- 2 Jefferson’s conception of republican government
- 3 Notes on the State of Virginia and the Jeffersonian West
- 4 Jefferson and Native Americans: policy and archive
- 5 Race and slavery in the era of Jefferson
- 6 Jefferson’s people: slavery at Monticello
- 7 Jefferson, science, and the Enlightenment
- 8 Thomas Jefferson and the creation of the American architectural image
- 9 The politics of pedagogy: Thomas Jefferson and the education of a democratic citizenry
- 10 Jefferson and religion: private belief, public policy
- 11 Jefferson and the language of friendship
- 12 Jefferson and Adams: friendship and the power of the letter
- 13 The resonance of minds: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in the republic of letters
- 14 Jefferson and the democratic future
- Further reading
- Index
Summary
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- The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Jefferson , pp. 208 - 212Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009