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Jefferson's empire : the language of American nationhood / Peter S. Onuf.

By: Series: Jeffersonian AmericaPublisher: Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2000Description: xi, 250 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0813920906
  • 9780813920900
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.4/6 23 O 59
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Contents:
Introduction: Jefferson's Empire 1 -- 1. "We Shall All Be Americans" 18 -- 2. Republican Empire 53 -- 3. Revolution of 1800 80 -- 4. Federal Union 109 -- 5. "To Declare Them a Free and Independent People" 147 -- Epilogue: 4 July 1826 189.
Summary: Thomas Jefferson believed that the American revolution was a transformative moment in the history of political civilization. He hoped that his own efforts as a founding statesman and theorist would help construct a progressive and enlightened order for the new American nation that would be a model and inspiration for the world. Peter S. Onuf's new book traces Jefferson's vision of the American future to its roots in his idealized notions of nationhood and empire.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.

Introduction: Jefferson's Empire 1 -- 1. "We Shall All Be Americans" 18 -- 2. Republican Empire 53 -- 3. Revolution of 1800 80 -- 4. Federal Union 109 -- 5. "To Declare Them a Free and Independent People" 147 -- Epilogue: 4 July 1826 189.

Thomas Jefferson believed that the American revolution was a transformative moment in the history of political civilization. He hoped that his own efforts as a founding statesman and theorist would help construct a progressive and enlightened order for the new American nation that would be a model and inspiration for the world. Peter S. Onuf's new book traces Jefferson's vision of the American future to its roots in his idealized notions of nationhood and empire.