Jefferson's Empire

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"Traces Jefferson's vision of the American future to its roots in his idealized notions of nationhood and empire. The author's unsettling recognition that Jefferson's famed egalitarianism was elaborated in an imperialist context yields original interpretations of our national identity and our ideas of race, of westward expansion and the Civil War, and of American global dominance in the 20th century. Onuf is Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation professor of history at the University of Virginia." -- Publisher