Jefferson and His Time or Hobbes

Jefferson and His Time: Jefferson and the Rights of Man, Vol. 2

Author: Dumas Malon

The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary of state in President George Washington's first cabinet; the crucial period of his first differences with Alexander Hamilton and the beginnings of his long struggle with the Federalists.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	xiii
	Chronology	xxv
	Lowest of the Diplomatic Tribe
I	Introduction to Paris	3
II	The Rebuffs of a Commissioner, 1784-1786	21
III	At the Court of Versailles, 1785-1787	33
IV	Confronting John Bull, 1786	50
	The Knowledge of Another World
V	Sentimental Adventure, 1786	67
VI	Minister of Enlightenment	82
VII	Traveling with a Purpose, 1787	112
VIII	The Jefferson Circle, 1787-1788	131
	The Rights of Man
IX	Considering the American Constitution, 1786-1789	153
X	In the Twilight of the Old Regime, 1787-1788	180
XI	A Diplomat Awaits His Leave, 1788-1789	203
XII	Revolution Begins and a Mission Ends, 1789	214
	In the Harness of State
XIII	The Return of a Virginian	241
XIV	New York and the Court of George Washington, 1790	256
XV	The Functions of the Secretary of State	269
XVI	Working with Hamilton, 1790	286
XVII	First Skirmishes over Foreign Policy	307
	The Struggle Within the Government
XVIII	Transition to Philadelphia	319
XIX	Foreign Commerce Becomes an Issue, 1791	327
XX	The Bank and the Constitution, 1791	337
XXI	Storm over the Rights of Man, 1791	351
XXII	Starting the Federal City	371
	A Feud Breaks out
XXIII	New Actors on the Diplomatic Stage, 1791-1792	391
XXIV	An American Champion Meets Disappointments, 1792	406
XXV	The Beginnings of Party Struggle, 1791-1792	420
XXVI	The Causes of Discontent, 1792	443
XXVII	Hamilton vs. Jefferson	457
XXVIII	An Election and Its Promise, 1792	478
	Acknowledgments	489
	List of Symbols and Short Titles Most Frequently Used in Footnotes	492
	Select Critical Bibliography	494
	Long Notes	505
	Index	509

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Hobbes: On the Citizen

Author: Thomas Hobbes

De Cive (On the Citizen) is the first full exposition of the political thought of Thomas Hobbes, the greatest English political philosopher of all time. Professors Tuck and Silverthorne have undertaken the first complete translation since 1651, a rendition long thought (in error) to be at least sanctioned by Hobbes himself. On the Citizen is written in a clear, straightforward, expository style, offering students a more digestible account of Hobbes' political thought than even Leviathan itself. This new translation is itself a very significant scholarly event.