The Resource Thomas Jefferson's education, Alan Taylor
Thomas Jefferson's education, Alan Taylor
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The item Thomas Jefferson's education, Alan Taylor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 8 library branches.
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- Summary
- "From the Pulitzer Prize- winning historian, a brilliant, absorbing study of Jefferson and his campaign to save Virginia through education. By turns entertaining and tragic, this beautifully crafted history reveals the origins of a great university in the dilemmas of Virginia slavery. Thomas Jefferson shares center stage with his family and fellow planters, all dependent on the labor of enslaved black families. With a declining Virginia yielding to commercially vibrant northern states, Jefferson in 1819 proposed to build a university to educate and improve the sons of the planter elite. They, he hoped, might one day lead a revitalized Virginia free of slavery-- and free of the former slaves. Jefferson's campaign to build the university was a contest for the future of a state and the larger nation. Although he prevails, Jefferson's vision of reform through education is hobbled by the actions of genteel students whose defiant sense of honor derived from owning slaves. It is the women of this hypermasculine society-- particularly Jefferson's granddaughters--who redeem the best elements of his legacy"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 426 pages
- Contents
-
- College
- Revolution
- Honor
- Mountain
- Slavery
- Schools
- Buildings
- Professors
- Students
- Ends
- Isbn
- 9780393652420
- Label
- Thomas Jefferson's education
- Title
- Thomas Jefferson's education
- Statement of responsibility
- Alan Taylor
- Title variation
- Thomas Jeffersons education
- Subject
-
- trueFormer presidents -- United States
- trueHigher education -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueInequality
- trueSlavery -- History
- Slavery -- United States -- History
- Slavery -- Virginia -- History
- trueState universities and colleges
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- University of Virginia -- History
- trueVirginia
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views
- Education, Higher -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueEducational reform
- trueElite (Social sciences)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the Pulitzer Prize- winning historian, a brilliant, absorbing study of Jefferson and his campaign to save Virginia through education. By turns entertaining and tragic, this beautifully crafted history reveals the origins of a great university in the dilemmas of Virginia slavery. Thomas Jefferson shares center stage with his family and fellow planters, all dependent on the labor of enslaved black families. With a declining Virginia yielding to commercially vibrant northern states, Jefferson in 1819 proposed to build a university to educate and improve the sons of the planter elite. They, he hoped, might one day lead a revitalized Virginia free of slavery-- and free of the former slaves. Jefferson's campaign to build the university was a contest for the future of a state and the larger nation. Although he prevails, Jefferson's vision of reform through education is hobbled by the actions of genteel students whose defiant sense of honor derived from owning slaves. It is the women of this hypermasculine society-- particularly Jefferson's granddaughters--who redeem the best elements of his legacy"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10815968
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Taylor, Alan
- Dewey number
- 973.4/6092
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E332.2
- LC item number
- .T39 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Education, Higher
- University of Virginia
- Slavery
- Label
- Thomas Jefferson's education, Alan Taylor
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-418) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- College -- Revolution -- Honor -- Mountain -- Slavery -- Schools -- Buildings -- Professors -- Students -- Ends
- Control code
- 2019014796
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 426 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393652420
- Lccn
- 2019014796
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1084397243
- Label
- Thomas Jefferson's education, Alan Taylor
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-418) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- College -- Revolution -- Honor -- Mountain -- Slavery -- Schools -- Buildings -- Professors -- Students -- Ends
- Control code
- 2019014796
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 426 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393652420
- Lccn
- 2019014796
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1084397243
Subject
- trueFormer presidents -- United States
- trueHigher education -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueInequality
- trueSlavery -- History
- Slavery -- United States -- History
- Slavery -- Virginia -- History
- trueState universities and colleges
- trueUnited States -- History -- 19th century
- University of Virginia -- History
- trueVirginia
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views
- Education, Higher -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- trueEducational reform
- trueElite (Social sciences)
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