Heir Through Hope Thomas Jefferson''s Lifelong Investment in William Short

Over forty years Thomas Jefferson and William Short forged a deep and intense relationship that both characterized in paternal and filial terms. Heir through Hope examines this relationship and its impact on Jefferson's moral and political judgments--on revolutionary violence, the economics of slavery, the value of marriage--central to his wider thought.

About the author

Peter Thompson is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Rum Punch and Revolution: Taverngoing and Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia.

Summary

Over forty years Thomas Jefferson and William Short forged a deep and intense relationship that both characterized in paternal and filial terms. Heir through Hope examines this relationship and its impact on Jefferson's moral and political judgments--on revolutionary violence, the economics of slavery, the value of marriage--central to his wider thought.

Product details

• Authors: Thompson, Peter Thompson, Peter (Associate Professor of History Thompson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.11.2023
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780197546833
• ISBN: 978-0-19-754683-3
• Pages: 304
• Subjects: European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black