The Pursuit of Happiness: Family and Values in Jefferson's Virginia by Jan Lewis

The Pursuit of Happiness: Family and Values in Jefferson's Virginia

Jan Lewis

312 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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This is an unusual and challenging study of the 'inner world' of the Virginia gentry during Jefferson's lifetime. It argues that, in the years after the Revolution, the gentry turned away from public life into the privacy of their homes and famili...

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