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Author Peterson, Merrill D., author.

Title Adams and Jefferson : a revolutionary dialogue / Merrill D. Peterson ; with a new foreword by Andrew Burstein.

Publication Info. Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2021.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 146 pages) : illustrations
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Series Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 19
Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 19.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-142) and index.
Contents Foreword to the reissue -- Preface -- I. The American Revolution -- II. The French Revolution -- III. "The Revolution of 1800" -- IV. Retrospect and Prospect.
Summary Draws a parallel between the backgrounds, experiences, personalities, and intellectual styles of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and examines their work in the achievement of independence and the design of new governments for Massachusetts and Virginia. Proceeds to examine their contrasting responses to the Old World, focusing on their relationship to the coming of the French Revolution and carrying the theme forward into the establishment of the new American government under the Constitution. Also examines the "Revolution of 1800" beginning with the contest between Adams and Jefferson for the presidency in 1796, and finally, the reconciliation of the two men, examining at some length their famous correspondence, with a special view to their contrasting assessments of the age of revolution through which they had lived and to their hopes for the future.
Funding The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 29, 2021)
Subject Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Adams, John, 1735-1826 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJy8kV768GRQRkTJpkkJjC
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcBWPvgjjmxMJKRKXH3cP
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1775-1783.
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1783-1809.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
Politics and government
Presidents
France https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd8gD4vdtqQMdQHvYqbBP
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Revolution (France : 1789-1799) (OCoLC)fst01354514 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9WRTvCqwjRK8jJqvb
Chronological Term 1775-1809
Genre/Form Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Added Author Burstein, Andrew, author of foreword.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Other Form: Adams and Jefferson (DLC) 2022435112
ISBN 0820359033 (ebook)
9780820359038 (electronic bk.)
9780820359052 (hardcover)
9780820359045 (paperback)

 
    
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