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Light and liberty : Thomas Jefferson and the power of knowledge / edited by Robert M.S. McDonald.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Jeffersonian America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Political and social views.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Knowledge and learning.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Influence.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Political and social views.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Thomas Jefferson and the power of knowledge
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- This collection of eight essays and an afterword contains revised and expanded essays first delivered at a conference at US Military Academy, West Point. They explore Thomas Jefferson's vision and efforts to realize a broad culture of education in the new nation of the United States. McDonald (history, US Military Academy, West Point) points out that this is a selective collection, and does not engage Jefferson's views on the Native Americans, African Americans, or women. The topics they do explore include: individual freedom and distribution of knowledge, natural aristocracy and the problem of knowledge, religious education and reason, military education in the "Empire of Liberty," European Enlightenment, and Jefferson's views on reforming architecture. The contributors are professors of history, art-history, and English as well as experts from Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.
- ISBN:
- 081393236X
- 9780813932361
- 9780813932378
- 0813932378
- OCLC:
- 729863203
- Publisher Number:
- 99947435101
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