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Thomas Jefferson: Reputation and Legacy
Francis D. Cogliano
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Description for Thomas Jefferson: Reputation and Legacy
Hardback. This first major study of Thomas Jefferson's reputation in nearly fifty years is concerned with Jefferson and history both as something Jefferson made and something that he sought to shape. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 596.
This first major study of Thomas Jefferson's reputation in nearly fifty years is concerned with Jefferson and history--both as something Jefferson made and something that he sought to shape. Jefferson was acutely aware that he would be judged by posterity and he deliberately sought to influence history's judgment of him. He did so, it argues, in order to promote his vision of a global republican future. It begins by situating Jefferson's ideas about history within the context of eighteenth-century historical thought, and then considers the efforts Jefferson made to shape the way the history of his life and times would ... Read more
This first major study of Thomas Jefferson's reputation in nearly fifty years is concerned with Jefferson and history--both as something Jefferson made and something that he sought to shape. Jefferson was acutely aware that he would be judged by posterity and he deliberately sought to influence history's judgment of him. He did so, it argues, in order to promote his vision of a global republican future. It begins by situating Jefferson's ideas about history within the context of eighteenth-century historical thought, and then considers the efforts Jefferson made to shape the way the history of his life and times would ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748624997
SKU
V9780748624997
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About Francis D. Cogliano
Francis D. Cogliano is Reader in American History at the University of Edinburgh. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he has held research fellowships at the Virginia Historical Society and the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. He is the author of Revolutionary America, 1763-1815: A Political History (Routledge, 2000).
Reviews for Thomas Jefferson: Reputation and Legacy
A great success. Students of Jefferson and his era will obviously gain most from this important study, but it should be emphasized that Cogliano's sophisticated interrogation of history and historical consciousness in Jefferson's day and our own has broader and deeper implications for a much wider readership.
Professor Peter S. Onuf, University of Virginia A great success. Students of ... Read more
Professor Peter S. Onuf, University of Virginia A great success. Students of ... Read more