"I tremble for my country" : Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia gentry / Ronald L. Hatzenbuehler ; foreword by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hatzenbuehler, Ronald L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2006.
Series:	Southern dissent
Subjects:	Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Political and social views. Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Influence. Presidents > United States > Biography. Plantation owners > Virginia > Biography. Gentry > Virginia > History > 18th century. Virginia > Social conditions > 18th century. Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783. Virginia > History > 1775-1865.
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description

Table of Contents:

Sowed a bed of peas : observing and criticizing Virginia's gentry culture
The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time : a summary view of the rights of British America
Rights inherent & inalienable : the American Revolution in Virginia
Of Manna, mouse, and mammoth : notes on the State of Virginia as Jefferson's pentateuch
Refreshing the Tree of Liberty with the blood of Patriots and tyrants : defending Virginia with extremist language in the 1780s and 1790s
Pursu[ing] Federal and Republican principles : the unfulfilled revolution of Jefferson's presidency
[My] country and it's unfortunate condition : continuing and reversing commitment to change in later years
Whether my country is the better for my having lived at all? : changing the meaning of Jefferson's life.

Similar Items