The Mind of Thomas Jefferson
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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
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Manufacturer: University of Virginia Press
Release date: 10 January 2007
ISBN-10 : 0813926114 | ISBN-13: 9780813926117
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Release date: 10 January 2007
ISBN-10 : 0813926114 | ISBN-13: 9780813926117
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