Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson, David Waldstreicher (Editor), David Waldstreicher (Introduction)
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- 230pp
- Sales Rank: 175,576
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- ISBN-13: 9780312257132
- Edition Description: New Edition
- Edition Number: 1
- Pub. Date: April 2002
- Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2002
- Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
- Format: Textbook Paperback, 230pp
- Sales Rank: 175,576
- Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture Series
- ISBN-13: 9780312257132
- ISBN: 0312257139
- Edition Number: 1
- Edition Description: New Edition
Synopsis
Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia was written after his tenure as governor of the state and spelled out many of his thoughts regarding the republican theory of government, the institutions and infrastructure needed for Virginia to prosper, and the proper laws for the governing of a society of self-sufficient farmers. It is in this book that Jefferson first raised a number of his arguments against slavery. Editor Waldstreicher (history, U. of Notre Dame) places the work in historical context in an introductory essay. Also included are 12 letters and other documents, mostly penned by Jefferson, related to the ideas in the Notes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Jefferson's was written after his tenure as governor of the state and spelled out many of his thoughts regarding the republican theory of government, the institutions and infrastructure needed for Virginia to prosper, and the proper laws for the governing of a society of self-sufficient farmers. It is in this book that Jefferson first raised a number of his arguments against slavery. Editor Waldstreicher (history, U. of Notre Dame) places the work in historical context in an introductory essay. Also included are 12 letters and other documents, mostly penned by Jefferson, related to the ideas in the . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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David Waldstreicher has taught at Bennington College and Yale University and is now associate professor at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776–1820 (1997), which won the Jamestown Prize of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, and most recently has published The Struggle Against Slavery, 1619-–1863: A History in Documents (2001). A fellow at the New York Public Library's Center for Scholars and Writers in 2001–2002, he is writing Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution.
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