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Notes on the State of Virginia: With Related Documents - Softcover

Jefferson, Thomas

 
9780312257132: Notes on the State of Virginia: With Related Documents
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0312257139 ISBN 13: 9780312257132
Publisher: Bedford/st Martins, 2002

Synopsis

Thomas Jefferson published one book, Notes on the State of Virginia; and ever since, it has been the touchstone for understanding Jefferson’s ideas about Republican government, the environment, education, race and slavery, and Native-white relations. The author’s unique analysis of Jefferson’s thoughts on these crucial issues and their impact on the formation of the United States make this edition of the Notes the first to present these issues as fundamentally inseparable. A collection of lively letters and other documents related to the Notes accompanies them, and charts the evolution of the book in the revolutionary crucible and during the heady early days of the new nation. An introduction by David Waldstreicher places the work in the contexts of the Revolution and the social and cultural history of Jefferson’s Virginia, with particular attention to developing ideas about race and nature. A chronology of the life and career of Thomas Jefferson and selected bibliography also add to the pedagogical benefits of this volume.

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About the Author

David Waldstreicher has taught at Bennington College and Yale University and is now associate professor at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 (1997), which won the Jamestown Prize of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, and most recently has published The Struggle Against Slavery, 1619--1863: A History in Documents (2001). A fellow at the New York Public Library's Center for Scholars and Writers in 2001-2002, he is writing Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution.

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Publisher
Bedford/st Martins
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0312257139
ISBN 13 
9780312257132
Binding
Paperback
Editor
Waldstreicher David