Through his discussion of Thomas Jefferson, historian Matthew Crow offers a new perspective on constitutional transformation in early American history.
In this innovative book, historian Matthew Crow unpacks the legal and political thought of Thomas Jefferson as a tool for thinking about constitutional transformation, settler colonialism, and race and civic identity in the era of the American Revolution. Thomas Jefferson's prac…
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: ''in the course of human events. . .'' -- Jefferson in Pieces -- Jefferson's Histories -- Law and History -- Jeff…
Through his discussion of Thomas Jefferson, historian Matthew Crow offers a new perspective on constitutional transformation in early Americanhistory.
"In this innovative book, historian Matthew Crow unpacks the legal and political thought of Thomas Jefferson as a tool for thinking about constitutional transformation, settler colonialism, and race and civic identity in the era of the American Revolution. Thomas Jefferson's pra…
Introduction, "in the course of human events ..."--Jurisdiction and British legal memory in Colonial Virginia -- New-modeling and rewritiing in Revolutionary Virginia -- Labor, language, and the legal subject of the Notes on the State of Virginia -- Governing the Usufruct of the…
In this innovative book, historian Matthew Crow unpacks the legal and political thought of Thomas Jefferson as a tool for thinking about constitutional transformation, settler colonialism, and race and civic identity in the era of the American Revolution. Thomas Jefferson's prac…
Historian Matthew Crow unpacks the legal and political thought of Thomas Jefferson as a tool for thinking about constitutional transformation, settler colonialism, and race and civic identity in the era of the American Revolution. Thomas Jefferson's practices of reading, writing…