Thomas Jefferson The American Presidents Series: the 3rd President, 1801-1809

Name: Thomas Jefferson The American Presidents Series: the 3rd President, 1801-1809
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ISBN: 9780805069242

ISBN-10: 0805069240

ISBN-13: 9780805069242

Edition: 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Joyce Appleby, Arthur M. Schlesinger

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An illuminating analysis of the man whose name is synonymous with American democracy Few presidents have embodied the American spirit as fully as Thomas Jefferson. He was the originator of so many of the founding principles of American democracy. Politically, he shuffled off the centralized authority of the Federalists, working toward a more diffuse and minimalist leadership. He introduced the bills separating church and state and mandating free public education. He departed from the strict etiquette of his European counterparts, appearing at state dinners in casual attire and dispensing with hierarchical seating arrangements. Jefferson initiated the Lewis and Clark expedition and seized…

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List price: $31.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 2/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. is renowned as a historian, a public intellectual, & a political activist. He served as a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy; won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1946 for "The Age of Jackson" & in 1966 for "A Thousand Days," & in 1998 was the recipient of the National Humanities Medal. He lives in New York City.



Editor's Note


Preface



A Pivotal Election



Defining His Presidency



Interpreting the Constitution in a Republican Fashion



A Painful Reelection



Contest for the West



Foreign Policy Proves a Quagmire



Coming to Terms with Thomas Jefferson


Epilogue


Notes


Milestones


Note on Sources


Selected Bibliography


Index