The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800 Hardcover - 1996
by Conor Cruise O'Brien
Certain to be as controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, The Long Affair is Conor Cruise O'Brien's examination of Jefferson as man and icon through the critical lens of the French Revolution. A provocative analysis of the supreme symbol of American history and political culture, The Long Affair will challenge our traditional perceptions of the Jeffersonian legacy. Illustrated.
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Certain to be as controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, The Long Affair is Conor Cruise O'Brien's examination of Jefferson, as man and icon, through the critical lens of the French Revolution. Unable to speak the language, endowed with few close friends or colleagues, and curiously detached from Parisian intellectual life, Thomas Jefferson seemed an alienated and somewhat homesick Virginia farmer during most of his tenure as American Minister to France. But the advent of the French Revolution seized Jefferson with a new fervor, and in 1789 he returned to the United States an ardent admirer and ally of that cause. 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 slave insurrection in Haiti inspired by the French Revolution, his revolutionary zeal was tempered and began to cool. Concluding with an evaluation of Jefferson's current role in the system of American political beliefs, O'Brien seriously questions whether we can sustain Jefferson's lofty status in an increasingly multiracial America, and he suggests a disturbing link between Jefferson's vision and white supremacist, survivalist extremists. A provocative analysis of the supreme symbol of American history and political culture, The Long Affair will challenge our traditional perceptions of both Jeffersonian history and the Jeffersonian legacy.
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- Title The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800
- Author Conor Cruise O'Brien
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 386
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-11
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780226616537 / 0226616533
- Weight 1.69 lbs (0.77 kg)
- Dimensions 9.34 x 6.45 x 1.36 in (23.72 x 16.38 x 3.45 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Jefferson, Thomas, France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799 -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96002968
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.409
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 11/01/1996, Page 479
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/1996, Page 1303
- Library Journal, 10/15/1996, Page 73
- New York Times, 11/17/1996, Page 23
- Publishers Weekly, 10/07/1996, Page 52
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