Thomas Jefferson, the classical world, and early America [electronic resource] / edited by Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas P. Cole. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011. - x, 314 p. : ill. - Jeffersonian America . - Jeffersonian America. .

"This volume comprises a selection of essays presented at a conference held at the American Academy in Rome on October 13-14, 2008 ... "--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Peter S. Onuf and Nicholas P. Cole -- Prologue : the legacy of Rome in the American Revolution / Gordon S. Wood -- Ancients, moderns, and the progress of mankind : Thomas Jefferson's classical world / Peter S. Onuf -- Jefferson and natural morality : classical moral theory, moral sense, and rights / Michael P. Zuckert -- Classical taste at Monticello : the case of Thomas Jefferson's daughter and granddaughters / Caroline Winterer -- Jefferson's classical architecture : an American agenda / Richard Guy Wilson -- George Washington : Cincinnatus or Marcus Aurelius? / Maurie D. McInnis -- America and ancient and modern Europe / Nicholas P. Cole -- Aristotle and King Alfred in America / Peter Thompson -- Jefferson's classical silence, 1774-1776 : historical consciousness and Roman history in the revolutionary South / Eran Shalev -- Cicero and the classical republican legacy in America / Paul A. Rahe -- Pericles in America : the founding era and beyond / Jennifer T. Roberts.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Political and social views--Congresses.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Knowledge and learning--Congresses.


Classicism--History--United States--18th century.
Political science--History--United States--18th century--Congresses.


United States--Civilization--Classical influences--Congresses.


Electronic books.

E332.2 / .T477 2011

973.4/6092