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Notes on the State of Virginia: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time: Penguin Classics

Autor Thomas Jefferson Introducere de Frank Shuffelton Note de Frank Shuffelton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 1998 – vârsta de la 18 ani
Jefferson s chronicle of the natural, social, and political history of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and a brilliant examination of the idea of freedom.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780140436679
ISBN-10: 0140436677
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: b/w illustrations on pages 261 and 299
Dimensiuni: 128 x 199 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:Adnotată
Editura: Penguin Books
Seria Penguin Classics


Cuprins

INTRODUCTION
A NOTE ON THE TEXT
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
NOTES ON THE STATE OF VIRGINIA

Appendices
No. I: Charles Thomson's Observations
No. II: Draught of the Constitution
No. III: Act for Establishing Religious Freedom
No. IV: Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family

Letters and Documents

EXPLANATORY AND TEXTUAL NOTES


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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.

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