Democracy's Muse How Thomas Jefferson Became an FDR Liberal, a Reagan Republican, and a Tea Party Fanatic, All the While Being Dead |
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| Author:
| Burstein, Andrew |
| Prepared for Publication by:
| Thoma, Geri |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3982-7 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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Who owns Thomas Jefferson - the Left or the Right? The unknowable yet irresistible third president has had a tortuous afterlife, and he remains a fixture in today's culture wars. The Jefferson scholar Andrew Burstein lays out the case for both "Democrat" and "Republican" Jefferson as he interrogates history's greatest shape-shifter, the founder who has inspired perhaps the strongest popular emotions.
Who owns Thomas Jefferson - the Left or the Right? The unknowable yet irresistible third president has had a tortuous afterlife, and he remains a fixture in today's culture wars. The Jefferson scholar Andrew Burstein lays out the case for both "Democrat" and "Republican" Jefferson as he interrogates history's greatest shape-shifter, the founder who has inspired perhaps the strongest popular emotions.