Jeffersonian Legacies [Paperback]

Peter S. Onuf (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1993 | ISBN-10: 0813914639 | ISBN-13: 978-0813914633

On the occasion of Thomas Jefferson's 250th birthday, a number of today's leading historicans take a fresh look at our third president, architect of democracy for his time and still for ours. Jeffersonian Legacies reconstructs the worlds Thomas Jefferson created for himself and envisioned for his countrymen.

The authors consider Jefferson's career as a slave owner, his ambigious and controversial testimony on the institution of slavery, and his significance for the civil rights movement and contemporary race relations. Jeffersonian Legacies provides the next generation of students, scholars, and citizens a better understanding not only of Jefferson in his own world but also his influence in the shaping of ours.

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About the Author

Peter S. Onuf, Professor of History at the University of Virginia, is the author of The Origins of the Federal Republic and other works on the history of Revolutionary America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 500 pages
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press (April 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813914639
• ISBN-13: 978-0813914633
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #765,168 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Stellar Collection of Jefferson articles., April 15, 1999

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This review is from: Jeffersonian Legacies (Paperback)

I'm in editor Peter Onuf's Jefferson class at the Univeristy of Virginia and this book is on the required reading list for the class. This book is an outstanding collection of essays on Jefferson the man, the forces that motivated him, and the development of the American nation during his lifetime as affected by the man. The scholarship involved approaches the subject matter from many different perspectives giving a very diverse representation. If you want to learn a wide range of points of view on Jefferson's life, this is the ideal book.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jefferson in many facets, October 14, 2002

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Muzaffer Muctehitzade "hacibey" (Boston, Ma USA) - See all my reviews
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Compilation of various essays written by various experts about Thomas Jefferson life and his politics as well as his psyhcology.
It is not a biography but you will get all from this book, his life, his times, his politics, his philosophy. One learn many interesting things about this president and some unexpected suprises.His thought about woman and slavery, liberty, politics.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Elegant, November 16, 2008

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Robert Kavanaugh "Professor Bob" (Spring Branch, TX) - See all my reviews
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Peter is perhaps the most authorative living historian on Thomas Jefferson and, in the opinion of some, has been for several decades. We live in a world where most learned people love to quote Jefferson, usually without the least bit of genuine understanding of the real context of those quotes. I have lived sufficiently long to even see and hear Arab leaders quoting Jefferson. But, to quote Jefferson is one thing and to understand Jefferson is another. It is, as Mark Twain once remarked; "The difference between a lightning bug and a bolt of lightning!"