I Tremble for My Country

"Hatzenbuehler argues that Jefferson, though celebrated as a nationalist, is best understood as a member of the Virginia gentry who viewed the nation through the lens of his native "country," the Commonwealth of Virginia. Throughout his life, Jefferson was torn between his participation in a privileged order and his periodic dissent from that order's ways. In taking Virginians to task for their failure to improve their Virginia society, he masked his own reluctance to make fundamental changes in his life."--Jacket.

Year

2006

Language

English

Publisher

University Press of Florida

Editions

1

Pages

206

ISBN

9780813030074

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