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- catalog abstract ""A request in 1780 by the French legation to the United States to learn more about the newly formed thirteen states of America stimulated in Jefferson, as he later described it, a "mysterious obligation for making me much better acquainted with my own country than I ever was before." Written during his first term as governor of Virginia, Notes on the State of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and an examination of the idea of freedom. With the same genius and clear, flexible prose style that informs the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson chronicles Virginia's natural, social, and political history." "In his introduction to this annotated edition, which discusses the work's origins and composition, Frank Shuffelton focuses particularly on Jefferson's response to contemporary scientific writings on "New World degeneracy," his differing treatment of blacks and Native Americans, and his influential role in creating a mythicized American self-image."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11092615.
- catalog contributor b11092616.
- catalog coverage "Virginia.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""A request in 1780 by the French legation to the United States to learn more about the newly formed thirteen states of America stimulated in Jefferson, as he later described it, a "mysterious obligation for making me much better acquainted with my own country than I ever was before." Written during his first term as governor of Virginia, Notes on the State of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and an examination of the idea of freedom. With the same genius and clear, flexible prose style that informs the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson chronicles Virginia's natural, social, and political history." "In his introduction to this annotated edition, which discusses the work's origins and composition, Frank Shuffelton focuses particularly on Jefferson's response to contemporary scientific writings on "New World degeneracy," his differing treatment of blacks and Native Americans, and his influential role in creating a mythicized American self-image."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "xxxvi, 330 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0140436677 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Penguin classics".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books,".
- catalog spatial "Virginia.".
- catalog subject "975.5/03 21".
- catalog subject "F230 .J5102 1999".
- catalog subject "Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Political and social views.".
- catalog title "Notes on the State of Virginia / Thomas Jefferson ; edited with an introduction and notes by Frank Shuffelton.".
- catalog type "text".