The Jefferson Image in the American Mind

by Merrill D. Peterson

Book Overview

Since its publication in 1960, The Jefferson Image in the American Mind has become a classic of historical scholarship. In it Merrill D. Peterson charts Thomas Jefferson's influence upon American thought and imagination since his death in 1826. Peterson's focus is "not primarily with the truth or falsity of the image either as a whole or in its parts, but rather with its illuminations of the evolving culture and its shaping power. It is posterity's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813918510
• ISBN13: 9780813918518
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"