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Title Thomas Jefferson, the classical world, and early America [electronic resource] / edited by Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas P. Cole.

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Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	x, 314 p. : ill.
Series	Jeffersonian America
	Jeffersonian America.
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	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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	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.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Onuf, Peter S.
	Cole, Nicholas, 1978-
	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780813931319 (cloth alk. paper)
	9780813931821 (electronic bk.)