num_pages: 256
description: Thomas Jefferson published one book, Notes on the State of Virginia , and ever since, it has been the touchstone for understanding Jefferson's ideas about republican government, the environment, education, race and slavery, and Native-white relations. This edition is the first to present these issues as fundamentally inseparable matters. A collection of lively documents accompanies the core text of the Notes , and charts the evolution of the book in the revolutionary crucible and during the heady early days of the new nation. An introduction by David Waldstreicher places the work in the contexts of the Revolution and the social and cultural history of Jefferson's Virginia, with particular attention to developing ideas about race and nature. A chronology of the life and career of Thomas Jefferson and selected bibliography also add to the pedagogical benefits of this volume.
language: English
title: Notes on the State of Virginia
titlecomplete: Notes on the State of Virginia
genres: History, Classics, School, Science, Philosophy, American History, American Revolution, 18th Century, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 582
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan