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July 13, 2017|Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty, John Boles, Joseph Ellis, Merrill Peterson, Sally Hemings, Secession, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson

Making Jefferson Safe for the Historians        

by Kevin Gutzman|1 Comment

Washington, DC - Jefferson Memorial

Rice University’s John Boles was for many years (1983-2013) editor of The Journal of Southern History, which after The Journal of American History is the most-cited scholarly journal in the field of American history. In that position, he had substantial influence on, besides being substantially influenced by, the shape of the field today. Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty comes as a kind of valedictory.  As in his earlier work, Boles is self-consciously guided in writing it by recent developments in academic historiography. Contemporary politics make themselves felt in his story of the Master of Monticello, too. A full one-volume account has long…

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