Reason and republicanism
Subtitle: Thomas Jefferson's legacy of liberty
By: edited by Gary L. McDowell and Sharon L. Noble.
Contributors: McDowell, Gary L., 1949-; Noble, Sharon L., 1960-
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views -- Congresses.; Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Influence -- Congresses.; Political science -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses.; Political science -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.; Equality -- United States -- Congresses.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865 -- Congresses.
Description: An international collection of the world's most distinguished historians and political philosophers takes a fresh look at the political, legal, and philosophical contributions of Thomas Jefferson. The insightful essays analyze and illuminate the sophisticated layers of the political and legal thought of America's most influential and intellectually complex founder. With contributors who include Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Morton J. Frisch, Paul A. Rahe, James R. Stoner, Robert K.

Faulkner, John Zvesper, Howard Temperley, Robert A. Rutland, Raoul Berger, Colin Bonwick, Peter J. Parish, Jeffrey Leigh Sedgewick, J. R. Pole, Richard King, and Jean M. Yarborough, this is essential reading for historians and political philosophers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"From a conference held in November 1993 at the Institute of United States Studies in the University of London"--Acknowledgments.