The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind
Thomas Jefferson's Idea of a University
Already renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning. Never merely a patron, the former president oversaw every aspect of the creation of what would become the University of Virginia. Along with the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, he regarded it as one of the three greatest achievements in his life. Nonetheless, historians often treat this period as an epilogue to Jefferson's career.In The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind, Andrew O'Shaughnessy offers a twin biography of Jefferson in retireme…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8139-4649-8
- EAN: 9780813946498
- Produktnummer: 36025353
- Verlag: University of Virginia Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 368 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: 44 color illus., 11 b&w illus., 1 map, 3 tables
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Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy
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