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Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson
History, Memory and Civic Culture
Av Jan Ellen Lewis, Jan Lewis m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
387 kr
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A discussion of the probability (shown by DNA tests) that Thomas Jefferson was the father of his slave Sally Hemings's children. The essays reflect the deeper questions the relationship between Jefferson and Hemings has raised about American history and national culture.
Jefferson's Empire
The Language of American Nationhood
Häftad, 2000
329 kr
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Thomas Jefferson believed that the American revolution was a transformative moment in the history of political civilization. He hoped that his own efforts as a founding statesman and theorist would help construct a progressive and enlightened order for the new American nation that would be a model …
Parlor Politics
In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government
Av Catherine Allgor, Catherine Allgor
Häftad, 2002
329 kr
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"Parlor Politics is a stimulating, lively, and subtle book that enlarges our understanding of how, in just half a century, Washington City became an important world capital."- Alan Pell Crawford · Wall Street Journal"For those whose knowledge of early Washington and its politics is in need of …
Revolution of 1800
Democracy, Race and the New Republic
Av James Horn, Jan Lewis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
943 kr
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George W. Bush and Al Gore were by no means the first presidential hopefuls to find themselves embroiled in a hotly contested electoral impasse. Two hundred years earlier, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams endured arguably the most controversial and consequential election in American history. As the …
Revolution of 1800
Democracy, Race and the New Republic
Av James Horn, Jan Lewis m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
387 kr
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George W. Bush and Al Gore were by no means the first presidential hopefuls to find themselves embroiled in a hotly contested electoral impasse. Two hundred years earlier, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams endured arguably the most controversial and consequential election in American history. As the …
Making and Unmaking of a Revolutionary Family
The Tuckers of Virginia, 1752-1830
Häftad, 2008
478 kr
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In 1814, John Randolph of Roanoke brooded over his family's decline since the American Revolution. The once-sumptuous world of the Virginia gentry was vanishing, its kinship ties crumbling along with its mansions. Looking back in an effort to grasp the changes around him, Randolph fixated on his …
Distant Revolutions
1848 and the Challenge to American Exceptionalism
Inbunden, 2009
601 kr
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Distant Revolutions: 1848 and the Challenge to American Exceptionalism is a study of American politics, culture, and foreign relations in the mid-nineteenth century, illuminated through the reactions of Americans to the European revolutions of 1848. Flush from the recent American military victory …
Unfinished Revolution
The Early American Republic in a British World
Häftad, 2011
313 kr
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Those Who Labor for My Happiness
Slavery at Thomas Hefferson's Monticello
Häftad, 2012
313 kr
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Our perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent Thomas Jefferson has given way to a more complex view of Monticello as a working plantation, the success of which was made possible by the work of …
Light and Liberty
Thomas Jefferson and the Power of Knowledge
Inbunden, 2012
598 kr
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Although Thomas Jefferson's status as a champion of education is widely known, the essays in Light and Liberty make clear that his efforts to enlighten fellow citizens reflected not only a love of learning but also a love of freedom. Using as a starting point Jefferson's conviction that knowledge …
Culture and Liberty in the Age of the American Revolution
Häftad, 2013
326 kr
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In his new book, Michal Jan Rozbicki undertakes to bridge the gap between the political and the cultural histories of the American Revolution. Through a careful examination of liberty as both the ideological axis and the central metaphor of the age, he is able to offer a fresh model for …
Sons of the Father
George Washington and His Protégés
Inbunden, 2013
490 kr
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Whether acting as a military officer or civilian officeholder, George Washington did not possess a reputation for glad handing, easy confidences, or even much warmth. His greatest attributes as a commander might well have been his firm command over his own emotions and the way in which he held …
Unnatural Rebellion
Loyalists in New York City During the Revolution
Av Ruma Chopra
Häftad, 2013
329 kr
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Thousands of British American mainland colonists rejected the War for American Independence. Shunning rebel violence as unnecessary, unlawful and unnatural, they emphasised the natural ties of blood, kinship, language and religion that united the colonies to Britain. They hoped that British …
Thomas Jefferson, the Classical World and Early America
Av Peter S. Onuf, Nicholas P. Cole
Häftad, 2013
417 kr
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Thomas Jefferson read Latin and Greek authors throughout his life and wrote movingly about his love of the ancient texts, which he thought should be at the core of America's curriculum. Yet at the same time, Jefferson warned his countrymen not to look to the ancient world for modern lessons and …
Limits of Optimism
Thomas Jefferson's Dualistic Enlightenment
Häftad, 2013
329 kr
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The Limits of Optimism works to dispel persistent notions about Jefferson’s allegedly paradoxical and sphinx-like quality. Maurizio Valsania shows that Jefferson’s multifaceted character and personality are to a large extent the logical outcome of an anti-metaphysical, enlightened and …
Citizenship Revolution
Politics and the Creation of the American Union, 1774-1804
Häftad, 2014
329 kr
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Most Americans believe that the ratification of the Constitution in 1788 marked the settlement of post-Revolutionary disputes over the meanings of rights, democracy, and sovereignty in the new nation. In The Citizenship Revolution, Douglas Bradburn undercuts this view by showing that the Union, not …
Cosmopolitan Patriots
Americans in Paris in the Age of Revolution
Häftad, 2014
387 kr
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This truly transnational history reveals the important role of Americans abroad in the Age of Revolution, as well as providing an early example of the limits of American influence on other nations. From the beginning of the French Revolution to its end at the hands of Napoleon, American …
Becoming Men of Some Consequence
Youth and Military Service in the Revolutionary War
Inbunden, 2014
548 kr
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Young Continental soldiers carried a heavy burden in the American Revolution. Their experiences of coming of age during the upheavals of war provide a novel perspective on the Revolutionary era, eliciting questions of gender, family life, economic goals, and politics. “Going for a soldier” forced …
Amelioration and Empire
Progress and Slavery in the Plantation Americas
Inbunden, 2014
611 kr
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Christa Dierksheide argues that “enlightened” slaveowners in the British Caribbean and the American South, neither backward reactionaries nor freedom-loving hypocrites, thought of themselves as modern, cosmopolitan men with a powerful alternative vision of progress in the Atlantic world. Instead of …
Patriotism and Piety
Federalist Pollitics and Religious Struggle in the New American Nation
Inbunden, 2015
565 kr
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In Patriotism and Piety, Jonathan Den Hartog argues that the question of how religion would function in American society was decided in the decades after the Constitution and First Amendment established a legal framework. Den Hartog shows that among the wide array of politicians and public figures …
Religious Freedom
Jefferson's Legacy, America's Creed
Av John Ragosta
Häftad, 2014
300 kr
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For over one hundred years, Thomas Jefferson and his Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom have stood at the center of our understanding of religious liberty and the First Amendment. Jefferson’s expansive vision - including his insistence that political freedom and free thought would be at …
Pulpit and Nation
Clergymen and the Politics of Revolutionary America
Inbunden, 2017
533 kr
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In Pulpit and Nation, Spencer McBride highlights the importance of Protestant clergymen in early American political culture, showing the actual role of religion in the founding era. Beginning with colonial precedents for clerical involvement in politics and concluding with false rumors of Thomas …
Blood from the Sky
Miracles and Politics in the Early American Republic
Av Adam Jortner
Inbunden, 2017
598 kr
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In the decades following the Revolution, the supernatural exploded across the American landscape—fabulous reports of healings, exorcisms, magic, and angels crossed the nation. Under First Amendment protections, new sects based on such miracles proliferated. At the same time, Enlightenment …
Confounding Father
Thomas Jefferson's Image in His Own Time
Häftad, 2017
300 kr
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Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson stood out as the most controversial and confounding. Loved and hated, revered and reviled, during his lifetime he served as a lightning rod for dispute. Few major figures in American history provoked such a polarization of public opinion. One supporter …
Thomas Jefferson's Military Academy
Founding West Point
Häftad, 2018
387 kr
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Why did Thomas Jefferson, who claimed to abhor war and fear standing armies, in 1802 establish the United States Military Academy? For more than two centuries this question has received scant attention, despite the significant contributions of both Jefferson and West Point to American …
Queen of America
Mary Cutts's Life of Dolley Madison
Av Mary Cutts, Catherine Allgor
Häftad, 2018
329 kr
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For biographers and fans of Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Mary Cutts's memoir of her famous aunt has been indispensable. Because Madison left behind no account of her life, the common assumption has been that Cutts's account is the closest we have to Madison's autobiographical voice. With this new, …
Pulpit and Nation
Clergymen and the Politics of Revolutionary America
Häftad, 2018
329 kr
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In Pulpit and Nation, Spencer McBride highlights the importance of Protestant clergymen in early American political culture, elucidating the actual role of religion in the founding era. Beginning with colonial precedents for clerical involvement in politics and concluding with false rumors of …
Becoming Men of Some Consequence
Youth and Military Service in the Revolutionary War
Häftad, 2018
329 kr
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Young Continental soldiers carried a heavy burden in the American Revolution. Their experiences of coming of age during the upheavals of war provide a novel perspective on the Revolutionary era, eliciting questions of gender, family life, economic goals, and politics. ""Going for a soldier"" forced …
Patriotism and Piety
Federalist Politics and Religious Struggle in the New American Nation
Häftad, 2019
387 kr
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In Patriotism and Piety, Jonathan Den Hartog argues that the question of how religion would function in American society was decided in the decades after the Constitution and First Amendment established a legal framework. Den Hartog shows that among the wide array of politicians and public figures …
