| Description |
1 online resource (x, 314 pages) : illustrations |
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Jeffersonian America |
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Jeffersonian America.
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| 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 |
| Notes |
"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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views -- Congresses
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Knowledge and learning -- Congresses
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Knowledge and learning -- Congresses
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views -- Congresses
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 fast |
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Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 gnd |
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd |
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Classicism -- United States -- History -- 18th century
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Political science -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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Civilization -- Classical influences
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Classicism
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Learning and scholarship
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Political and social views
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Political science
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Klassizismus
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United States -- Civilization -- Classical influences -- Congresses
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Onuf, Peter S
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Cole, Nicholas, 1978-
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| ISBN |
9780813931821 |
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0813931827 |
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