Thomas Jefferson, the classical world, and early America

Thomas Jefferson, the classical world, and early America / edited by Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas P. Cole.

Other author/creator	Onuf, Peter S.
Other author/creator	Cole, Nicholas, 1978-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press,
Description	x, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subject(s)	Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Political and social views --Congresses. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Knowledge and learning --Congresses. Classicism--United States --History --18th century. Political science--United States --History --18th century --Congresses. United States--Civilization --Classical influences --Congresses.

Series	Jeffersonian America
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.
General note	"This volume comprises a selection of essays presented at a conference held at the American Academy in Rome on October 13-14, 2008 ... "--Pref.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010051036
ISBN	9780813931319 (cloth : alk. paper)

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