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Availability
In stock
ISBN
9781648894732
Edition
1
Publication Date
September 20, 2022
Physical Size
236mm x 160mm
Illustrations
47 Color
Number of Pages
265
This book is an original, in-depth, well-written study of Thomas Jefferson's time as ambassador to France and its prelude and effects on his later political thought and activity in America. The author is one of the greatest Jeffersonian scholars in the world, with many books on this American Founder and a Classical philosopher with rare depth in the field of History. Highly recommended.
It deals with everything from Jefferson's impressions of Europe, his democratic political theory in relation to the French government, and public contacts and acquaintances to personal experiences, tastes and affairs during this dramatic epoch of world political historical change.
The author writes in an interesting and engaging style, attractive to general readers as well as scholars in the field. It makes a genuinely true contribution not only to that era of U.S./European political transformation, but to a better understanding of how our contemporary world exists now.
I'm sure this will be a popular study of a famous American Founder and a pleasure to read by people around the world.
Dr. Garrett Ward Sheldon
Professor Emeritus
University of Virginia
USA
Author of "The Political Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson" (Johns Hopkins University Press)
In this compelling biographical study, M. Andrew Holowchak, offers an uncommonly rich telling of Jefferson's experiences in Paris. One of the foremost Jefferson scholars in the world, Holowchak also makes Jefferson's take on such concepts as rebellions, revolutions, liberty, and human flourishing in view of his genuinely democratic vision readily accessible. The central lessons of this book are worth learning for anyone truly interested in early American history, or indeed, in American intellectual history.
Dr. Ari Helo
Visiting Research Fellow
University of Helsinki, Finland
Author of “Thomas Jefferson’s Ethics and the Politics of Human Progress” (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
We are all in debt with Holowchak, whose long fascination with Thomas Jefferson’s human adventure has produced yet another highly readable work of great learning on some of the most interesting years in the history of the world.
Dr. Luigi Marco Bassani
Professor of History of Political Theory
Department of History
University of Milan, Italy