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Available for the first time in Penguin Classics, Notes on the State of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and an examination of the idea of freedom. With the same genius and clear, flexible prose style that informs the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson chronicles Virginia's natural, social, and political history.Frank Shuffleton includes in this edition with selections from relevant correspondence and discusses the work's origins, composition, and initial reception. He focuses particularly on Jefferson's response to contemporary scientific writings on "New World degeneracy"; his differing treatment of Blacks and Native Americans; and his influential (and problematic) role in creating a mythicized American self-image.

Book details

• Full title: Notes on the State of Virginia
• Author: Thomas Jefferson, Frank Shuffelton
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• EAN: 9780140436679
• ISBN: 0140436677
• ID: 10972311
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 260 g
• Dimensions: 200 × 132 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. December 1998

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