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Thomas Jefferson's ideas on education evolved over sixty years - from his adolescent years at The College of William and Mary, through the Revolution and election of 1800, to his death in 1826. In 1776, he saw public education as the cornerstone of Virginia's revolution and hoped it would help destroy aristocratic and denominational privilege, create opportunities based on merit, foster humanism and encourage the political awareness necessary for a republican society. Though limited to white males, public education was a progressive idea for its time. All his bills failed. Even though Jefferson's own machinations stymied bills for a statewide system in the 1810s, the "hobby of his old age", the University of Virginia, opened in 1825 . Jefferson's Vision for Education, 1760-1845 examines why Jefferson subverted the democratic spirit of his early plans, and how well other political and religious dimensions of his vision materialized at the University of Virginia during its first twenty years.
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The Author: Cameron Addis is currently Lecturer in American history at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He received his M.A. from the University of Washington, Seattle and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin in 2000. He was awarded a fellowship from the International Center for Jefferson Studies in 1998.
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«'Jefferson's Vision for Education, 1760-1845' is a must-read for anyone who seeks to understand the fundamental principles that shaped Jefferson's vision of education - and our contemporary educational challenges. Cameron Addis presents us with a fresh, challenging and carefully crafted assessment of the complexities inherent in the life and educational legacy of the nation's symbolic father of American public education.» (Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr., Professor of History of Education, University of Virginia)
«Cameron Addis's 'Jefferson's Vision for Education, 1760-1845' offers the best account that we have on the founding and early history of the University of Virginia. It is a valuable contribution to the rich literature on its founder's life and times.» (Peter Onuf, Professor of History, University of Virginia)
