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The Essential Jefferson
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Author : Thomas Jefferson
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2008-01-01
The Essential Jefferson written by Thomas Jefferson and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Political Science categories.
This extraordinary primer offers a superb survey of Jeffersonian thought. It features writings on political and economic philosophy, morals and religion, intellectual freedom and progress, education, secession, slavery, and more.
The Essential Thomas Jefferson
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Author : Thomas Jefferson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Essential Thomas Jefferson written by Thomas Jefferson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with United States categories.
A collection of Thomas Jefferson's correspondence.
The Essential Thomas Jefferson
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Author : John Gabriel Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Gramercy
Release Date : 1994
The Essential Thomas Jefferson written by John Gabriel Hunt and has been published by Gramercy this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with United States categories.
This collection of the important writings by one of America's greatest leaders and the author of the Declaration of Independence contains inaugural addresses, the Notes on Virginia, and letters and early documents.
Essential Thomas Jefferson
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Author : Random House Value Publishing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996-09
Essential Thomas Jefferson written by Random House Value Publishing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-09 with United States categories.
A collection of Thomas Jefferson's correspondence.
Jefferson Davis The Essential Writings
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Author : Jefferson Davis
language : en
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date : 2004-08-10
Jefferson Davis The Essential Writings written by Jefferson Davis and has been published by Modern Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Jefferson Davis is one of the most complex and controversial figures in American political history (and the man whom Oscar Wilde wanted to meet more than anyone when he made his tour of the United States). Elected president of the Confederacy and later accused of participating in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, he is a source of ongoing dissension between northerners and southerners. This volume, the first of its kind, is a selected collection of his writings culled in large part from the authoritative Papers of Jefferson Davis, a multivolume edition of his letters and speeches published by the Louisiana State University Press, and includes thirteen documents from manuscript collections and one privately held document that have never before appeared in a modern scholarly edition. From letters as a college student to his sister, to major speeches on the Constitution, slavery, and sectional issues, to his farewell to the U.S. Senate, to his inaugural address as Confederate president, to letters from prison to his wife, these selected pieces present the many faces of the enigmatic Jefferson Davis. As William J. Cooper, Jr., writes in his Introduction, “Davis’s notability does not come solely from his crucial role in the Civil War. Born on the Kentucky frontier in the first decade of the nineteenth century, he witnessed and participated in the epochal transformation of the United States from a fledgling country to a strong nation spanning the continent. In his earliest years his father moved farther south and west to Mississippi. As a young army officer just out of West Point, he served on the northwestern and southwestern frontiers in an army whose chief mission was to protect settlers surging westward. Then, in 1846 and 1847, as colonel of the First Mississippi Regiment, he fought in the Mexican War, which resulted in 1848 in the Mexican Cession, a massive addition to the United States of some 500,000 square miles, including California and the modern Southwest. As secretary of war and U.S. senator in the 1850s, he advocated government support for the building of a transcontinental railroad that he believed essential to bind the nation from ocean to ocean.”
White House Studies Compendium
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Author : Glenn P. Hastedt
language : en
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Release Date : 2007
White House Studies Compendium written by Glenn P. Hastedt and has been published by Nova Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
The American Presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendency of American power in the 20th century.'White House Studies Compendium' brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency -- dealing with both currect issues and historical events.The compendia are the bound issues of 'White House Studies' with the addition of a comprehensive subject index.
Constitution Caf Jefferson S Brew For A True Revolution
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Author : Christopher Phillips
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2011-09-05
Constitution Caf Jefferson S Brew For A True Revolution written by Christopher Phillips and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-05 with Political Science categories.
“A provocative extension of Jefferson’s original plan.”—Kirkus Reviews Thomas Jefferson believed that every generation of Americans should rewrite our Constitution from scratch—to mirror the progress of the human mind and, most of all, to maintain the revolutionary spirit. He would be dismayed that it’s considered untouchable these days. Taking up Jefferson’s cause, Christopher Phillips leads a motley group of Americans across the fruited plain in an offbeat Constitutional Convention. His Constitution Café project is sparking a much-needed conversation about our founding document and forging common ground at a time when our country needs it most.
The Mind Of Thomas Jefferson
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Author : Peter S. Onuf
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2012-10-05
The Mind Of Thomas Jefferson written by Peter S. Onuf and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-05 with History categories.
In The Mind of Thomas Jefferson, one of the foremost historians of Jefferson and his time, Peter S. Onuf, offers a collection of essays that seeks to historicize one of our nation’s founding fathers. Challenging current attempts to appropriate Jefferson to serve all manner of contemporary political agendas, Onuf argues that historians must look at Jefferson’s language and life within the context of his own place and time. In this effort to restore Jefferson to his own world, Onuf reconnects that world to ours, providing a fresh look at the distinction between private and public aspects of his character that Jefferson himself took such pains to cultivate. Breaking through Jefferson’s alleged opacity as a person by collapsing the contemporary interpretive frameworks often used to diagnose his psychological and moral states, Onuf raises new questions about what was on Jefferson’s mind as he looked toward an uncertain future. Particularly striking is his argument that Jefferson’s character as a moralist is nowhere more evident, ironically, than in his engagement with the institution of slavery. At once reinvigorating the tension between past and present and offering a new way to view our connection to one of our nation’s founders, The Mind of Thomas Jefferson helps redefine both Jefferson and his time and American nationhood.
Light And Liberty
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Author : Thomas Jefferson
language : en
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date : 2004-06-01
Light And Liberty written by Thomas Jefferson and has been published by Modern Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-01 with History categories.
Were Thomas Jefferson alive to read this book, he would recognize every sentence, every elegant turn of phrase, every lofty, beautifully expressed idea. Indeed, every word in the book is his. In an astonishing feat of editing, Eric S. Petersen has culled the entirety of Thomas Jefferson’s published works to fashion thirty-four original essays on themes ranging from patriotism and liberty to hope, humility, and gratitude. The result is a lucid, inspiring distillation of the wisdom of one of America’s greatest political thinkers. From his personal motto—“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God”—to his resounding discourse on “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” in the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson defined the essential truth of the American spirit. In the essays that Petersen has crafted from letters, speeches, and public documents, Jefferson’s unique moral philosophy and vision shine through. Among the hundreds of magnificent sentences gathered in this volume, here are Jefferson’s pronouncements on Gratitude: “I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations— to be grateful, to be faithful to all engagements and under all circumstances, to be open and generous.” Religion: “A concern purely between our God and our consciences.” America’s national character: “It is part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate; to surmount every difficulty with resolution and contrivance.” Public debt: “We shall all consider ourselves unauthorized to saddle posterity with our debts, and morally bound to pay them ourselves.” War: “I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.” In stately measured cadences, these thirty-four essays provide timeless guidance on leading a spiritually fulfilling life. Light and Liberty is a triumphant work of supreme eloquence, as uplifting today as when Jefferson first set these immortal sentences on paper.
Thomas Jefferson
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Author : Max Lerner
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Thomas Jefferson written by Max Lerner and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Max Lerner studied and assessed many presidents during more than six decades as an author, journalist, and professor, yet Thomas Jefferson received his most sustained attention. To Lerner, Jefferson came closest in the American context to Plato's "philosopher-king", a thinker and leader. Because of his keen sense of Jefferson's virtues and his unique place in United States history, Lerner began work on a book about Jefferson in 1957, but other writing assignments and academic responsibilities postponed completion until his final days. In this never before published volume, Lerner uses the facts of Jefferson's life and work as the springboard to insightful analysis and informed assessment. In considering Jefferson, Lerner combines biographical information, historical background, and analytical commentary. The result is a primer about Jefferson that not only describes his accomplishments, but discusses his problems and failures.