Notes on the State of Virginia - Softcover

Jefferson, Thomas

 
9780393006476: Notes on the State of Virginia
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393006476 ISBN 13: 9780393006476
Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1982

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Available for the first time in Penguin Classics, Notes on the State of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and an examination of the idea of freedom. With the same genius and clear, flexible prose style that informs the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson chronicles Virginia's natural, social, and political history.

Frank Shuffleton includes in this edition with selections from relevant correspondence and discusses the work's origins, composition, and initial reception. He focuses particularly on Jefferson's response to contemporary scientific writings on "New World degeneracy"; his differing treatment of Blacks and Native Americans; and his influential (and problematic) role in creating a mythicized American self-image.

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Verlag
WW Norton & Co
Erscheinungsdatum
1982
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0393006476
ISBN 13 
9780393006476
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