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Thomas Jefferson, the classical world, and early America / edited by Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas P. Cole.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Jeffersonian America.
- Jeffersonian America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Classicism--United States--History--18th century.
- Classicism.
- Political science--United States--History--18th century--Congresses.
- Political science.
- United States--Civilization--Classical influences--Congresses.
- United States.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Political and social views--Congresses.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Knowledge and learning--Congresses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rahe, Hillsdale College * Jennifer T. Roberts, City University of New York, Graduate Center * Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy, University of Virginia.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas P. Cole
- Prologue : the legacy of Rome in the American Revolution / Gordon S. Wood
- Ancients, moderns, and the progress of mankind : Thomas Jefferson's classical world / Peter S. Onuf
- Jefferson and natural morality : classical moral theory, moral sense, and rights / Michael P. Zuckert
- Classical taste at Monticello : the case of Thomas Jefferson's daughter and granddaughters / Caroline Winterer
- Jefferson's classical architecture : an American agenda / Richard Guy Wilson
- George Washington : Cincinnatus or Marcus Aurelius? / Maurie D. McInnis
- America and ancient and modern Europe / Nicholas P. Cole
- Aristotle and King Alfred in America / Peter Thompson
- Jefferson's classical silence, 1774-1776 : historical consciousness and Roman history in the revolutionary South / Eran Shalev
- Cicero and the classical republican legacy in America / Paul A. Rahe
- Pericles in America : the founding era and beyond / Jennifer T. Roberts.
- Notes:
- "This volume comprises a selection of essays presented at a conference held at the American Academy in Rome on October 13-14, 2008 ... "--Pref.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613585356
- 9781280490125
- 1280490128
- 9780813931821
- 0813931827
- OCLC:
- 785928178
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