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Title Light and liberty : Thomas Jefferson and the power of knowledge / edited by Robert M.S. McDonald
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 232 pages) : illustrations
Series Jeffersonian America
Jeffersonian America.
Contents "The yeomanry of the United States are not the canaille of Paris" : Thomas Jefferson, American exceptionalism, and the "spirit" of democracy / Brian Steele -- "To diffuse knowledge more generally through the mass of the people" : Thomas Jefferson on individual freedom and the distribution of knowledge / Johann N. Neem -- Consistent in creation : Thomas Jefferson, natural aristocracy, and the problem of knowledge / Richard A. Samuelson -- The Jefferson gospel : a religious education of peace, reason, and morality / Cameron Addis -- West from West Point : Thomas Jefferson's military academy and the "empire of liberty" / Christine Coalwell McDonald and Robert M.S. McDonald -- Thomas Jefferson, colporteur of the enlightenment / Frank Shuffelton -- "Presenting to them models for their imitation" : Thomas Jefferson's reform of American architecture / Craig A. Reynolds -- Recording history : the Thomas Sully portrait of Thomas Jefferson / Gaye Wilson -- Afterword : light, liberty, and slavery / Joyce Appleby
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Knowledge and learning
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Influence
SUBJECT Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Influence
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Knowledge and learning
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 fast
Subject HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- General.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Learning and scholarship
Political and social views
Form Electronic book
Author McDonald, Robert M. S., 1970-
LC no. 2011022102
ISBN 9780813932378
0813932378
1280489413
9781280489419
9786613584649
6613584649
Other Titles Thomas Jefferson and the power of knowledge