Jefferson: political writings / Thomas Jefferson, edited by Joyce Appleby, Terence Ball.

The author of the American Declaration of Independence, Jefferson is among the most important and controversial of American political thinkers. This volume offers a new Introduction and a careful selection of his key writings, arranged thematically to cover such topics as race, women and slavery.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Other Authors: Appleby, Joyce, 1929-2016, Ball, Terence
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Cambridge texts in the history of political thought.
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Uniform Title:Works.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chronology; Biographical synopses; A note on sources; Bibliographical note; I A Private Man in Public Life; II Natural Law, Natural Right, and Revolution; III Self-government; IV Moral Sense, Civic Education, and Freedom of the Press; V The Constitutions of Virginia and France; VI The U.S. Constitution; VII Religious Liberty and Toleration; VIII Political Parties; IX Race and Slavery; X Native Americans; XI Women (not) in Politics; XII Law of Nations; XIII Innovation and Progress.