The shackles of power : three Jeffersonian decades /
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970,
The shackles of power : three Jeffersonian decades / John Dos Passos. - First edition. - 426 pages : maps (on lining papers) ; 24 cm - Mainstream of America series . - Mainstream of America series. .
"Reading on the Jeffersonian era": pages 409-412.
A reception at the president's house -- The arch traitor Burr -- The labor and contentions of public life -- Confrontation at Richmond -- All the odious passions -- From the groves of Monticello -- The sevenfold wonders of the time -- The easy work of peace -- The more general diffusion of knowledge -- Of democracy in America.
An historical narrative of the early United States as dominated and influenced by Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, and John Quincy Adams. Pictures the first quarter of the 19th century as abounding in both patriots and scoundrels-enough to make for fascinating reading.
0385022611 9780385022613
66012237
000971206 Uk (AMICUS)000001420559
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
1783-1865
Histology.
UNITED STATES--HISTORY.
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, 1767--1848.
MADISON, JAMES, 1751--1836.
MONROE, JAMES, 1758.
United States--History--1783-1865.
E338 / D74
The shackles of power : three Jeffersonian decades / John Dos Passos. - First edition. - 426 pages : maps (on lining papers) ; 24 cm - Mainstream of America series . - Mainstream of America series. .
"Reading on the Jeffersonian era": pages 409-412.
A reception at the president's house -- The arch traitor Burr -- The labor and contentions of public life -- Confrontation at Richmond -- All the odious passions -- From the groves of Monticello -- The sevenfold wonders of the time -- The easy work of peace -- The more general diffusion of knowledge -- Of democracy in America.
An historical narrative of the early United States as dominated and influenced by Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, and John Quincy Adams. Pictures the first quarter of the 19th century as abounding in both patriots and scoundrels-enough to make for fascinating reading.
0385022611 9780385022613
66012237
000971206 Uk (AMICUS)000001420559
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
1783-1865
Histology.
UNITED STATES--HISTORY.
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, 1767--1848.
MADISON, JAMES, 1751--1836.
MONROE, JAMES, 1758.
United States--History--1783-1865.
E338 / D74