Description
On the occasion of Thomas Jefferson's 250th birthday, a number of today's leading historicans take a fresh look at our third president, architect of democracy for his time and still for ours. Jeffersonian Legacies reconstructs the worlds Thomas Jefferson created for himself and envisioned for his countrymen.
The authors consider Jefferson's career as a slave owner, his ambiguous and controversial testimony on the institution of slavery, and his significance for the civil rights movement and contemporary race relations. Jeffersonian Legacies provides the next generation of students, scholars, and citizens a better understanding not only of Jefferson in his own world but also his influence in the shaping of ours.
Author: Peter S. Onuf
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 04/29/1993
Pages: 500
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9780813914633
ISBN10: 0813914639
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History | United States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
About the Author
Peter S. Onuf, Professor of History at the University of Virginia, is the author of The Origins of the Federal Republic and other works on the history of Revolutionary America.
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