Long affair, the: thomas jefferson and the french revolution 1785-1800
Auteur :
O'Brien, Conor Cruise
Éditeur :
Faber & Faber
ISBN :
9780571326006
Date de publication :
18 juin 2015
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,3 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
590 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
'A spirited attack on Thomas Jefferson . But Conor Cruise O'Brien proposes - in this magisterial 1998 work - that Jefferson's own passions waned in the America of the 1790s once French egalitarian ideals ran up against the slave-based Southern economy he supported. 'His thesis will seem like heresy to many people in America .