Thomas Jefferson : America's philosopher-king / Max Lerner ; edited and with an introduction by Robe...
Thomas Jefferson : America's philosopher-king / Max Lerner ; edited and with an introduction by Robe...
Thomas Jefferson : America's philosopher-king / Max Lerner ; edited and with an introduction by Robert Schmuhl.
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New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, c1996.
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N973.46092/J45.3/4
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English
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viii, 147 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. The Making of a Revolutionary, 1743-1784 -- 2. A Diplomat in Europe, 1785-1789 -- 3. The Struggle for National Mastery, 1789-1800 -- 4. The Practice and Theory of Foreign Policy, 1789-1795 -- 5. The Two Revolutions -- 6. A Party Leader's Path to the Summit, 1789-1800 -- 7. Jefferson in Power: The...
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New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, c1996.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c1996.
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Max Lerner studied and assessed many presidents during more than six decades as an author, journalist, and professor, yet Thomas Jefferson received his most sustained attention. To Lerner, Jefferson came closest in the American context to Plato's "philosopher-king," a thinker and leader. Because of his keen sense of Jefferson's virtues and his uniq...
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Thomas Jefferson : America's philosopher-king / Max Lerner ; edited and with an introduction by Robert Schmuhl.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1996.
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N973.46092/J45.3/4
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156000262X (alk. paper)
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973.46092 B
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991004739769702626
