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100 1 _aThomson, Keith Stewart.
245 1 0 _aJefferson's Shadow.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNew Haven :
_bYale University Press,
_c2012.
264 4 _c©2012.
300 _a1 online resource (336 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- PART ONE: The Young Jefferson -- ONE: Lost: One Large Moose -- TWO: The Man Who Could Not Live Without Books -- THREE: Schooling, Formal and Informal -- FOUR: A Measured and Orderly World -- PART TWO: Natural Science -- FIVE: Science and the Mastodon -- SIX: The Natural History of Virginia and America -- SEVEN: Mountains and Shells -- EIGHT: On Fossils and Extinction -- PART THREE: They, the People -- NINE: Europe and the Peoples of America -- TEN: Natural History, Slavery, and Race -- ELEVEN: The Color of Their Skin -- PART FOUR: Useful Knowledge -- TWELVE: The Paris Years -- THIRTEEN: The Practical Scientist -- PART FIVE: The National Stage -- FOURTEEN: Climate and Geography -- FIFTEEN: Redeeming the Wilderness -- SIXTEEN: The Unknown West -- PART SIX: Philosophical Issues -- SEVENTEEN: ''His Theories I Cannot Admire'' -- EIGHTEEN: Philosophers Unwelcome -- NINETEEN: Transcendental Truths -- Epilogue. Measuring the Shadow -- Appendix: Jefferson's Letter on Climate to Jean Baptiste Le Roy -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
520 _aNo detailed description available for "Jefferson's Shadow".
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aScience -- History -- 18th century.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aThomson, Keith Stewart
_tJefferson's Shadow
_dNew Haven : Yale University Press,c2012
_z9780300184037
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3421081
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