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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Wagoner, Jennings L. Jefferson and education. [Charlottesville, Va.] : Thomas Jefferson Foundation ; Chapel Hill, N.C. : Distributed by The University of North Carolina Press, 2004 (OCoLC)608581103 |
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| Named Person: | Thomas Jefferson; Thomas Jefferson; Thomas Jefferson; Thomas Jefferson |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jennings L Wagoner |
| ISBN: | 1882886240 9781882886241 |
| OCLC Number: | 56069039 |
| Description: | 168 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface / William G. Bowen -- The Education of a Planter -- Enlightenment and the Progress of Mankind -- The Education of Republican Citizens -- Education and the Continuing American Revolution -- Education for Defense and Expansion: West Point and the National University Idea -- Retirement and Revival of Educational Plans for Virginia -- Toward the Establishment of the University of Virginia: From Albemarle Academy to Central College -- Bricks, Mortar, and the Politics of Education: From Central College to the University of Virginia -- Jefferson's "Last Act of Usefulness": The Founding of the University of Virginia -- Jefferson's Educational Legacy. |
| Series Title: | Monticello monographs series. |
| Responsibility: | by Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr. ; preface by William G. Bowen. |
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Abstract:
"Educational historian Jennings Wagoner opens this study with an overview of Jefferson's own learning experiences, from his tutoring and schooling in Albemarle County through his years at the College of William and Mary. Then the book explores Jefferson's efforts to advance publicly supported education, beginning in Virginia with the first bill he introduced promoting "the more general diffusion of knowledge," and continuing with national initiatives, including the founding of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Wagner concludes with what Jefferson called "the hobby of my old age" - the establishment of the University of Virginia, where he designed the buildings, selected the faculty, planned the curriculum, and served as first rector."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Political and social views.
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- Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Influence.
- Education -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
- Education -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
- University of Virginia -- History.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
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