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- 2005296593 abstract "Hitchens brings the character of Jefferson to life as a man of his time and also as a symbolic figure beyond it. Conflicted by power, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as Minister to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. Predicting that slavery would shape the future of America's development, this professed proponent of emancipation continued to own human property. He negotiated the Louisiana Purchase with France, doubling the size of the nation, and authorized the Lewis and Clark expedition, opening up the American frontier. The Barbary War, a lesser-known chapter of his political career, led to the building of the U.S. Navy and the fortification of America's reputation regarding national defense. In the background is the fledgling nation's struggle for independence, formed in the crucible of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, and, in its shadow, the deformation of that struggle in the excesses of the French Revolution. --From publisher description.".
- 2005296593 contributor B10190309.
- 2005296593 created "c2005.".
- 2005296593 date "2005".
- 2005296593 date "c2005.".
- 2005296593 dateCopyrighted "c2005.".
- 2005296593 description "Hitchens brings the character of Jefferson to life as a man of his time and also as a symbolic figure beyond it. Conflicted by power, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as Minister to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. Predicting that slavery would shape the future of America's development, this professed proponent of emancipation continued to own human property. He negotiated the Louisiana Purchase with France, doubling the size of the nation, and authorized the Lewis and Clark expedition, opening up the American frontier. The Barbary War, a lesser-known chapter of his political career, led to the building of the U.S. Navy and the fortification of America's reputation regarding national defense. In the background is the fledgling nation's struggle for independence, formed in the crucible of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, and, in its shadow, the deformation of that struggle in the excesses of the French Revolution. --From publisher description.".
- 2005296593 extent "xiv, 188 p. ;".
- 2005296593 identifier "0060598964".
- 2005296593 identifier "9780060598969".
- 2005296593 identifier 2005296593-b.html.
- 2005296593 identifier 2005296593-d.html.
- 2005296593 isPartOf "Eminent lives".
- 2005296593 issued "2005".
- 2005296593 issued "c2005.".
- 2005296593 language "eng".
- 2005296593 publisher "New York : Atlas Books/HarperCollinsPublishers,".
- 2005296593 spatial "United States".
- 2005296593 subject "973.4/6092 B 22".
- 2005296593 subject "E332 .H66 2005b".
- 2005296593 subject "Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.".
- 2005296593 subject "Presidents United States Biography.".
- 2005296593 title "Thomas Jefferson : author of America / Christopher Hitchens.".
- 2005296593 type "text".