Friends divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Friends divided John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds, or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy's champion, was an aristocratic Southern slave owner, while Adams, the o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wood, Gordon S., autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, New York : Penguin Press 2017
Materias:
Jefferson, Thomas > 1743-1826 > Amigos y compañeros.
Adams, John > 1735-1826 > Amigos y compañeros.
Presidentes de gobierno > Estados Unidos > Biografías.
Estados Unidos > Política y gobierno > 1775-1809.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue : The eulogies
  • Contrasts
  • Careers, wives, and other women
  • The imperial crisis
  • Independence
  • Missions abroad
  • Constitutions
  • The French Revolution
  • Federalists and Republicans
  • The President vs. the Vice President
  • The Jeffersonian Revolution of 1800
  • Reconciliation
  • The great reversal
  • The national jubilee

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