Thomas Jefferson`s Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress, Helo
Автор: Helo Название: Thomas Jefferson`s Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress ISBN: 1107040787 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107040786 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 12197.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Could Jefferson claim any consistency in his advocacy of democracy and the rights of man while remaining one of the largest slaveholders in Virginia? This extensive study of Jefferson`s intellectual outlook suggests that, once we fully acknowledge the premises of his ethical thought and his now outdated scientific views, he could.
Описание: This book explores how Virginia was transformed from a British colony into a Southern slave state. It details how the traditional principles of land tenure were subverted by economic and political changes, and how they fostered law reforms where slavery replaced land ownership as the distinguishing basis for political power.
Описание: This volume in the Second Series of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson contains the two important parliamentary documents he prepared during his lifelong study of the subject. Jefferson compiled the first document, called the Parliamentary Pocket-Book," while he was president of the Senate by virtue of his position as Vice- President of the United Stat
Автор: Kovarsky Joel S. Название: The True Geography of Our Country: Jefferson`s Cartographic Vision ISBN: 081393558X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813935584 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5821.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A philosopher, architect, astronomer, and polymath, Thomas Jefferson lived at a time when geography was considered the "mother of all sciences." Although he published only a single printed map, Jefferson was also regarded as a geographer, owing to his interest in and use of geographic and cartographic materials during his many careers--attorney, farmer, sometime surveyor, and regional and national politician--and in his twilight years at Monticello. For roughly twenty-five years he was involved in almost all elements of the urban planning of Washington, D.C., and his surveying skills were reflected in his architectural drawings, including those of the iconic grounds of the University of Virginia. He understood maps not only as valuable for planning but as essential for future land claims and development, exploration and navigation, and continental commercial enterprise.
In The True Geography of Our Country: Jefferson's Cartographic Vision, Joel Kovarsky charts the importance of geography and maps as foundational for Jefferson's lifelong pursuits. Although the world had already seen the Age of Exploration and the great sea voyages of Captain James Cook, Jefferson lived in a time when geography was of primary importance, prefiguring the rapid specializations of the mid- to late-nineteenth-century world. In this illustrated exploration of Jefferson's passion for geography--including his role in planning the route followed and regions explored by Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery, as well as other expeditions into the vast expanse of the Louisiana Purchase--Kovarsky reveals how geographical knowledge was essential to the manifold interests of the Sage of Monticello.
Автор: Wilson D. L. Название: Jefferson`s Literary Commonplace Book: ISBN: 0691607508 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691607504 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6336.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This work is a new edition of Thomas Jefferson`s literary commonplace book, a notebook of his literary and philosophical reading. Unlike the only previous edition, published in 1928, it contains full annotation, pertinent information on the authors and works commonplaced, and a rationale for dating the entries. Thus it is now possible to show that
Автор: Ragosta John A. Название: Religious Freedom: Jefferson`s Legacy, America`s Creed ISBN: 0813933706 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813933702 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 6514.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: For over one hundred years, Thomas Jefferson and his Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom have stood at the centre of our understanding of religious liberty and the First Amendment. Jefferson’s expansive vision—including his insistence that political freedom and free thought would be at risk if we did not keep government out of the church and church out of government—enjoyed a near consensus of support at the Supreme Court and among historians, until Justice William Rehnquist called reliance on Jefferson ""demonstrably incorrect."" Since then, Rehnquist’s call has been taken up by a bevy of jurists and academics anxious to encourage renewed government involvement with religion.In <em>Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Legacy, America’s Creed</em>, the historian and lawyer John Ragosta offers a vigorous defence of Jefferson’s advocacy for a strict separation of church and state. Beginning with a close look at Jefferson’s own religious evolution, Ragosta shows that deep religious beliefs were at the heart of Jefferson’s views on religious freedom. Basing his analysis on that Jeffersonian vision, Ragosta redefines our understanding of how and why the First Amendment was adopted. He shows how the amendment’s focus on maintaining the authority of states to regulate religious freedom demonstrates that a very strict restriction on federal action was intended. Ultimately revealing that the great sage demanded a firm separation of church and state but never sought a wholly secular public square, Ragosta provides a new perspective on Jefferson, the First Amendment, and religious liberty within the United States.
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