CONTENTS
Gilbert Chinard
Introduction
BOOK ONE
:
The Virginian
I
A Virginia Boyhood
3
II
An American Disciple of Greece and Old England
19
III
A Virginia Lawyer
34
BOOK TWO
:
Jefferson and the American Revolution
I
The Declaration of Independence
59
II
The Revision of the Laws of Virginia
86
III
Governor of Virginia—The "Notes on Virginia"
108
IV
A Statesman's Apprenticeship
137
BOOK THREE
:
An American View of Europe
I
Society and Travel
159
II
Gallo-American Commerce and the Debt Question
176
III
Union and Isolation
194
IV
Jefferson and the French Revolution
215
BOOK FOUR
:
Monocrats and Republicans
I
The Quarrel with Hamilton
245
II
Jacobin or American?
274
III
Monticello—Agriculture and Politics
298
IV
"The Dictates of Reason and Pure Americanism"
321
V
Political Leader and Strategist
343
BOOK FIVE
:
The Presidency
I
"All Republicans, All Federalists"
379
II
Protective Imperialism and Territorial Expansion
396
III
"Self-Preservation Is Paramount to All Law"
425
IV
"Peace and Commerce with Every Nation"
440
BOOK SIX
:
The Sage of Monticello
I
"America Has a Hemisphere to Itself"
467
II
Democratic America
489
III
The Philosophy of Old Age
513
Index
533
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