Cogliano_cover.indd 1 8/5/2011 7:20:47 PM CCogliano_bindex.inddogliano_bindex.indd 662626 77/25/2011/25/2011 110:47:550:47:55 AAMM A Companion to Thomas Jefferson CCogliano_ffirs.inddogliano_ffirs.indd i 77/22/2011/22/2011 66:33:26:33:26 PPMM 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. Published: A Companion to American Immigration A Companion to the American Revolution Edited by Reed Ueda Edited by Jack P. Greene and J. R. 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This book is published in the following electronic formats: ePDFs [ISBN 9781444344608]; Wiley Online Library [ISBN 9781444344639]; ePub [ISBN 9781444344615]; Mobi [ISBN 9781444344622] Set in 10/12pt Galliard by SPi Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India 1 2012 CCogliano_ffirs.inddogliano_ffirs.indd iivv 77/22/2011/22/2011 66:33:27:33:27 PPMM For Frank Shuffelton CCogliano_ffirs.inddogliano_ffirs.indd v 77/22/2011/22/2011 66:33:27:33:27 PPMM CCogliano_ffirs.inddogliano_ffirs.indd vvii 77/22/2011/22/2011 66:33:27:33:27 PPMM Contents List of Figures and Tables x Notes on Contributors xi Abbreviations xvii Introduction xix Francis D. Cogliano PART I JEFFERSON’S LIFE AND TIMES 1 1 Jefferson and Biography 3 Annette Gordon-Reed 2 Jefferson’s Virginia 16 Michael A. McDonnell 3 Thomas Jefferson and A Summary View of the Rights of British North America 32 Kristofer Ray 4 The Declaration of Independence 44 Robert G. Parkinson 5 “I have known”: Thomas Jefferson, Experience, and Notes on the State of Virginia 60 Peter Thompson 6 The Virginia Statute for Establishing Religious Freedom 75 John A. Ragosta 7 A Republican Reformation: Thomas Jefferson’s Civil Religion and the Separation of Church from State 91 Johann N.Neem 8 The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson 110 Iain McLean CCogliano_ftoc.inddogliano_ftoc.indd vviiii 77/20/2011/20/2011 44:40:41:40:41 AAMM viii CONTENTS 9 Jefferson as Party Leader 128 Todd Estes 10 A Qualified Revolution: The Presidential Election of 1800 145 Joanne B. Freeman 11 The (Federalist?) Presidency of Thomas Jefferson 164 Robert M.S. McDonald 12 From “Floating Ardor” to the “Union of Sentiment”: Jefferson on the Relationship between Public Opinion and the Executive 184 Jeremy D. Bailey 13 Jefferson and International Relations 199 Leonard J. Sadosky 14 Jefferson in Retirement 218 Andrew Burstein PART II THEMES 235 15 Thomas Jefferson and Native Americans 237 Andrew Cayton 16 Thomas Jefferson: Planter and Farmer 253 Lucia Stanton 17 Thomas Jefferson and Slavery 271 Cassandra Pybus 18 Sally Hemings 284 Catherine Kerrison 19 Thomas Jefferson and Affairs of the Heart 301 Billy L. Wayson 20 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams 318 Richard Samuelson 21 The Libraries of Thomas Jefferson 333 Kevin J. Hayes 22 Jefferson and the Law 349 David Thomas Konig 23 Thomas Jefferson, Cosmopolitanism, and the Enlightenment 364 Hannah Spahn 24 Thomas Jefferson and the Ancient World 380 Caroline Winterer 25 Jefferson and American Democracy 397 Peter S. Onuf CCogliano_ftoc.inddogliano_ftoc.indd vviiiiii 77/20/2011/20/2011 44:40:41:40:41 AAMM CONTENTS ix 26 Thomas Jefferson and Constitutionalism 419 R.B. Bernstein 27 Political Economy 439 Max M. Edling 28 Jefferson and Education 457 Cameron Addis PART III LEGACY 475 29 History, Politics, and the Self: Jefferson’s “Anas” and Autobiography 477 Matthew E. Crow 30 “For Generations to Come”: Creating the “Definitive” Jefferson Edition 491 Barbara B. Oberg and James P. McClure 31 Preservation and Education: Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation 510 Francis D.