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Principle and Interest: Thomas Jefferson and the Problem of Debt (Jeffersonian America)
Herbert E. Sloan
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Paperback. This work examines Thomas Jefferson's complex relationship with debt - its role in his life and political career, and in the formation of republican ideology. It argues that Jefferson was representative of his social class - most of the Virginia gentry had similar problems with debt. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JPHL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
In this work, Herbert E. Sloan examines Thomas Jefferson's complex and obsessive relationship with debt - its role in his life and political career, and in the formation of republican ideology. As party leader in the 1790s, and later as president of the United States, Jefferson led a crusade against public debt, which he felt robbed the people of a future rightly theirs. Yet as a private person he was plagued by debt, never free of it throughout his life. In this respect, Sloan argues, Jefferson was representative of his social class - most of the Virginia gentry had similar ... Read more
In this work, Herbert E. Sloan examines Thomas Jefferson's complex and obsessive relationship with debt - its role in his life and political career, and in the formation of republican ideology. As party leader in the 1790s, and later as president of the United States, Jefferson led a crusade against public debt, which he felt robbed the people of a future rightly theirs. Yet as a private person he was plagued by debt, never free of it throughout his life. In this respect, Sloan argues, Jefferson was representative of his social class - most of the Virginia gentry had similar ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813920931
SKU
V9780813920931
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