This collection of eight essays and an afterword contains revised and expanded essays first delivered at a conference at US Military Academy, West Point. They explore Thomas Jefferson's vision
and efforts to realize a broad culture of education in the new nation of the United States. McDonald (history, US Military Academy, West Point) points out that this is a selective collection,
and does not engage Jefferson's views on the Native Americans, African Americans, or women. The topics they do explore include: individual freedom and distribution of knowledge, natural
aristocracy and the problem of knowledge, religious education and reason, military education in the "Empire of Liberty," European Enlightenment, and Jefferson's views on reforming architecture.
The contributors are professors of history, art-history, and English as well as experts from Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc.,
Portland, OR (booknews.com)
