Thomas Jefferson''s Enlightenment - English, Scottish and French Influences on the Third Us President

This book explores how English, Scottish and French thoughts on ethics, science, and politics influenced Thomas Jefferson's leadership in the United States.

List of contents

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology
Introduction
Part One: England
Chapter One: 'I cannot live without books'
Chapter Two: A country Whig in Williamsburg: the education of Thomas Jefferson
Part Two: Scotland
Chapter Three: The Scottish Enlightenment comes to Virginia
Chapter Four: Declaring independence and religious freedom the Scottish way
Part Three: France
Chapter Five: A Virginian in Paris
Chapter Six: Jefferson in the salons of Paris: a deeper dive
Chapter Seven: The social mathematics of the Marquis de Condorcet
Part Four: Monticello
Chapter Eight: The Room where it happened: the conflict between two paragons of the American Enlightenment
Chapter Nine: The climax of the American enlightenment: the Danbury Baptists, the 'Jefferson Bible', and Jefferson's last letter
Chapter Ten: The General Spread of the Light of Science
Conclusion
Author's Note
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Iain McLean is senior research fellow and emeritus professor in politics at Nuffield College, Oxford University.

Product details

• Authors: Iain McLean, Iain Mclean, McLean Iain
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2024
• EAN: 9781666940435
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-043-5
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, General & world history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, General and world history, C 1700 To C 1800