Jefferson and the Virginians : democracy, constitutions, and empire /
Peter Onuf's Jefferson and the Virginians examines the ways that Jefferson and his fellow Virginians, George Washington, James Madison and Patrick Henry, conceptualized their home state from a political and cultural perspective and understood its place and influence on the new nation.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history.
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Table of Contents:
- "Strongest government on earth": the rise and fall of Jefferson's empire
- Democracy: Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry
- Constitutions: Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
- Empire: Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.