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Title Thomas Jefferson, the classical world, and early America / edited by Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas P. Cole.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 314 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Jeffersonian America
Jeffersonian America.
Note "This volume comprises a selection of essays presented at a conference held at the American Academy in Rome on October 13-14, 2008 ..."--Preface.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Subject Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views -- Congresses.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Political and social views.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Knowledge and learning -- Congresses.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Congresses -- Political and social views.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Congresses -- Knowledge and learning.
Jefferson, Thomas.
United States -- Civilization -- Classical influences -- Congresses.
United States.
Civilization.
Classicism -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Classicism.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Political science -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses.
Political science.
Chronological Term Geschichte Anfänge-1800.
1700 - 1799
Genre/Form Kongress -- Rom -- 2008.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Onuf, Peter S.
Cole, Nicholas, 1978-
Other Form: Print version: Thomas Jefferson, the classical world, and early America. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011 9780813931319 (DLC) 2010051036 (OCoLC)692667033
ISBN 9780813931821 (electronic book)
0813931827 (electronic book)
9780813931319
0813931312