Rival Visions How Jefferson and His Contemporaries Defined the Early American Republic.

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"The emergence of America as a new nation on the world stage conjured rival visions of the early American Republic in the mind's eyes of both leading statesmen at home and attentive observers abroad. Jefferson envisioned the newly independent states as a loose federation of autonomous repu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gish, Dustin
Other Authors: Bibby, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Series:Jeffersonian America.
Subjects:
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Political and social views.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826
Political and social views
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Envisioning the New Nation
  • Rival Histories: The Early American Republic's Quarrel with Time
  • The Philosophical Politics of Jefferson and Adams
  • An American Abroad: Jeffersonian Diplomacy and Early American Nationalism
  • The French Revolution, the Election of 1800, and the Character of the American Nation: A Transatlantic Perspective
  • Part Two: National Tensions in the Early Republic
  • The Public Interest of Religion in the New Nation
  • Jefferson, Madison, Adams: Conversations on Religious Liberty
  • Slavery in Jefferson's Worlds: Monticello, America, and Beyond
  • Washington and Jefferson: American Nationhood and the Problem of Slavery
  • Part Three: Constitutional Controversies
  • Work, Character, and the Moral Sense in the Early American Republic
  • Technology, Progress, and Early American Constitutionalism
  • An Enduring Political Rivalry: Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index
  • Recent Books in the Series

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