TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sheldon,Garrett Ward
TI  - The political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson
SN  - 0801847141
AV  - E332.2 S3
PY  - 1991///
CY  - Baltimore, London
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Jefferson, Thomas,
KW  - Politics
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes index; Liberalism and classicism in Jefferson's political philosophy -- America as a colony: The British realm versus Jefferson's modern empire -- Revolutionary America: Jefferson's Lockean independence -- America as a new republic: Jefferson's classical democracy -- Jeffersonian Federalism: Theory and practice -- Ethics and democracy -- The culture of the Virginia gentry and Thomas Jefferson, Esquire -- The shadow of slavery over Jefferson's political philosophy -- Thomas Jefferson as political philosopher: Freedom, democracy, equality, rights -- Appendix: Early American historiography and the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson
N2  - Examines Jefferson's views on democracy, rights, freedom, and slavery as well as the cultural and economic context of his ideas in the Virginia gentry class. --From publisher's description
ER  -