Jefferson Thomas - A companion to Thomas Jefferson

BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO AMERICAN HISTORY

This series provides essential and authoritative overviews of the scholarship that has shaped our present understanding of the American past. Edited by eminent historians, each volume tackles one of the major periods or themes of American history, with individual topics authored by key scholars who have spent considerable time in research on the questions and controversies that have sparked debate in their field of interest. The volumes are accessible for the non-specialist, while also engaging scholars seeking a reference to the historiography or future concerns.

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A Companion to the American West
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PRESIDENTIAL COMPANIONS

Published:

A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt
Edited by William Pederson

A Companion to Richard M. Nixon
Edited by Melvin Small

A Companion to Thomas Jefferson
Edited by Francis D. Cogliano

In preparation:

A Companion to Abraham Lincoln
Edited by Michael Green

A Companion to George Washington
Edited by Edward G. Lengel

A Companion to Harry S. Truman
Edited by Daniel S. Margolies

A Companion to Theodore Roosevelt
Edited by Serge Ricard

A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson
Edited by Mitchell Lerner

A Companion to Andrew Jackson
Edited by Sean Patrick Adams

A Companion to Woodrow Wilson
Edited by Ross A. Kennedy

A Companion to Dwight D. Eisenhower
Edited by Chester J. Pach

A Companion to Ronald Reagan
Edited by Andrew L. Johns

A Companion to James Madison and James Monroe
Edited by Stuart Leibiger

A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Edited by David Waldstreicher

A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents, 18371861
Edited by Joel Silbey

A Companion to the Reconstruction Presidents, 18651881
Edited by Edward Frantz

A Companion to Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter
Edited by V. Scott Kaufman

A Companion to Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover
Edited by Katherine A. S. Sibley

This edition first published 2012
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A companion to Thomas Jefferson / edited by Francis D. Cogliano.
p. cm. (Blackwell companions to American history)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4443-3015-1
1. Jefferson, Thomas, 17431826. 2. PresidentsUnited StatesBiography. 3. United StatesPolitics
and government17831809. I. Cogliano, Francis D.
E332.C69 2012
973.46092dc22
[B]

2011013464

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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