About this title: This is an examination of Thomas Jefferson through the critical lens of the French Revolution. Conor Cruise O'Brien argues that Jefferson, though enthralled with the ideological mystique of the French Revolution, nevertheless retained a shrewd political pragmatism, skillfully exploiting the Revolution's popularity with the American public. Ultimately, O'Brien suggests, Jefferson's egalitarian ideals came into conflict with his staunch political support for the slave-based southern economy. Following the French-inspired slave insurrection in Santo Domingo, his revolutionary zeal began to cool. ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780226616537ISBN:0226616533
Description: Good in Very Good jacket. 6" x 9" Underlining & notes throughout text; binding tight; very minor wear to dust jacket. 367 pages. Illustrated. read more
Edition: Text is Free of Markings
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780226616537ISBN:0226616533
Description: Very Good to Near Fine in Very Good to Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 367 pp. read more
Description: GOOD. Trade Paperback-9780712666831 mjm LARGE TRADE PB [O'BRIEN, CONOR] LONG AFFAIR, THE THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1785-1800. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226616568ISBN:0226616568
Description: Very Good. 0226616568 **Softcover**--Exact ISBN Match--Light shelf wear. No personalizations, writing or marks in the text. Absolutely no spine creasing. Ships Quickly-IN STOCK-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780226616537ISBN:0226616533
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine Priced Clipped jacket. 9 1/4 X 6 1/4. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector. Pages are tight, bright, and clean. Binding firm and straight. Board edges and corners unworn. Illustrated with fifteen B/W pictures. No apparent wear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780226616537ISBN:0226616533
Description: First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 367 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. Jacket has light wrinkling to spine ends otherwise Fine/Fine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1996-11-15
ISBN-13:9780226616537ISBN:0226616533
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780226616568ISBN:0226616568
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780226616537ISBN:0226616533
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 1996 First Printing with full number line. FINE in NEAR FINE, price intact, dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound hardcover. Unclipped dust jacket has 2 small perforations to front hinge area, all else "as new. " Jacket is in a clear archival protector. 6 x 9-1/4"; xvii + 367 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Chicago University Press
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780226616568ISBN:0226616568
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Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780226616537ISBN:0226616533
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Collectible. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xvii, 367 pp., illus., bib. notes, index; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "As controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, The Long Affair is Conor Cruise O'Brien's examination of Thomas Jefferson, as man and icon, through the critical lens of the French Revolution. O'Brien offers a provocative analysis of the supreme symbol of American history and political culture and challenges the ... read more
Edition: Uncorrected Page Proof
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780226616537ISBN:0226616533
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780226616537ISBN:0226616533
Description: New in New dust jacket. 0226616533. 1.36 x 9.34 x 6.45 Inches; As controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, The Long Affair is Conor Cruise O'Brien's examination of Thomas Jefferson, as man and icon, through the critical lens of the French Revolution. read more
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