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Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

x, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826--Political and social views--Congresses.
Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826--Knowledge and learning--Congresses.
United States--Classical influences--Classical influences--Congresses.
Classicism--United States--History--18th century.
Political science.--United States--History--18th century--Congresses.

Other Authors:

Onuf, Peter S.
Cole, Nicholas, 1978-

Notes:

"This volume comprises a selection of essays presented at a conference held at the American Academy in Rome on October 13-14, 2008 ... "--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

Jeffersonian America

ISBN:

0813931312 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813931319 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)692667033

LCCN:

2010051036

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)