Thomas Jefferson's Education EPUB
by Alan Taylor
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By turns entertaining and tragic, this beautifully crafted history reveals the origins of a great university in the dilemmas of Virginia slavery.
Thomas Jefferson shares centre stage with his family and fellow planters, all dependent on the labour of enslaved black families.
With a declining Virginia yielding to commercially vibrant northern states, in 1819 Jefferson proposed to build a university to educate and improve the sons of the planter elite.
He hoped they might one day lead a revitalised Virginia free of slavery-and free of the former slaves.Jefferson's campaign was a contest for the future of a state and the larger nation.
Although he prevails, Jefferson's vision of reform through education is hobbled by the actions of genteel students with a defiant sense of honour derived from owning slaves.
It is the women of this hypermasculine society who redeem the best elements of his legacy.
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Date:15/10/2019
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- ISBN:9780393652437
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:448 pages
- Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Date:15/10/2019
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- ISBN:9780393652437