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Jefferson
Architect of American Liberty
Buch von John B Boles
Sprache: Englisch

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From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970

Not since Merrill Peterson's Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father. In Jefferson, John B. Boles plumbs every facet of Thomas Jefferson's life, all while situating him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We meet Jefferson the politician and political thinker -- as well as Jefferson the architect, scientist, bibliophile, paleontologist, musician, and gourmet. We witness him drafting of the Declaration of Independence, negotiating the Louisiana Purchase, and inventing a politics that emphasized the states over the federal government -- a political philosophy that shapes our national life to this day.

Boles offers new insight into Jefferson's actions and thinking on race. His Jefferson is not a hypocrite, but a tragic figure -- a man who could not hold simultaneously to his views on abolition, democracy, and patriarchal responsibility. Yet despite his flaws, Jefferson's ideas would outlive him and make him into nothing less than the architect of American liberty.
From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970

Not since Merrill Peterson's Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father. In Jefferson, John B. Boles plumbs every facet of Thomas Jefferson's life, all while situating him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We meet Jefferson the politician and political thinker -- as well as Jefferson the architect, scientist, bibliophile, paleontologist, musician, and gourmet. We witness him drafting of the Declaration of Independence, negotiating the Louisiana Purchase, and inventing a politics that emphasized the states over the federal government -- a political philosophy that shapes our national life to this day.

Boles offers new insight into Jefferson's actions and thinking on race. His Jefferson is not a hypocrite, but a tragic figure -- a man who could not hold simultaneously to his views on abolition, democracy, and patriarchal responsibility. Yet despite his flaws, Jefferson's ideas would outlive him and make him into nothing less than the architect of American liberty.
Über den Autor
John B. Boles is the William P. Hobby Professor of History at Rice University and the former editor of the Journal of Southern History. He lives in Houston, Texas.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780465094684
ISBN-10: 0465094686
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Boles, John B
Hersteller: Basic Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 242 x 167 x 53 mm
Von/Mit: John B Boles
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.04.2017
Gewicht: 0,921 kg
Artikel-ID: 132645077
Über den Autor
John B. Boles is the William P. Hobby Professor of History at Rice University and the former editor of the Journal of Southern History. He lives in Houston, Texas.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780465094684
ISBN-10: 0465094686
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Boles, John B
Hersteller: Basic Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 242 x 167 x 53 mm
Von/Mit: John B Boles
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.04.2017
Gewicht: 0,921 kg
Artikel-ID: 132645077
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