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Author:

Taylor, Alan, 1955- author.

Title:

Thomas Jefferson's education / Alan Taylor.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xiv, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826--Political and social views.
University of Virginia--History.
Education, Higher--United States--History--19th century.
Slavery--Virginia--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-418) aand index.

Contents:

College -- Revolution -- Honor -- Mountain -- Slavery -- Schools -- Buildings -- Professors -- Students -- Ends.

Summary:

"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a brilliant, absorbing study of Jefferson and his campaign to save Virginia through education. By turns entertaining and tragic, this beautifully crafted history reveals the origins of a great university in the dilemmas of Virginia slavery. Thomas Jefferson shares center stage with his family and fellow planters, all dependent on the labor of enslaved black families. With a declining Virginia yielding to commercially vibrant northern states, Jefferson in 1819 proposed to build a university to educate and improve the sons of the planter elite. They, he hoped, might one day lead a revitalized Virginia free of slavery--and free of the former slaves. Jefferson's campaign to build the university was a contest for the future of a state and the larger nation. Although he prevails, Jefferson's vision of reform through education is hobbled by the actions of genteel students whose defiant sense of honor derived from owning slaves. It is the women of this hypermasculine society--particularly Jefferson's granddaughters--who redeem the best elements of his legacy"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0393652424
9780393652420

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1084397243

LCCN:

2019014796

Locations:

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

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)