The Anglo-American synecdoche?: Thomas Jefferson’s British legacy 1800-1865
This article is focused on one of the behemoths of American history, Thomas Jefferson. Unlike most studies, however, it removes the Virginian statesman from his familiar American context in order to illustrate his significance as a British icon. It considers the use of his image in British discourse...
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| description | This article is focused on one of the behemoths of American history, Thomas Jefferson. Unlike most studies, however, it removes the Virginian statesman from his familiar American context in order to illustrate his significance as a British icon. It considers the use of his image in British discourse between 1800 and 1865 to demonstrate the resonance of his name for British people of the period. In doing so it examines the uses of Jefferson’s image with reference to democracy and slavery to illustrate how the ambiguity and seeming contradictions in the deployment of his image are indicative of a broader debate in nineteenth century Britain about the meaning of the United States. Furthermore it demonstrates, through the use of Jefferson’s image, the steady but uneven process of disillusion with American politics and society among British reformers |
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| spelling | nottingham-508332020-05-04T17:06:32Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/50833/ The Anglo-American synecdoche?: Thomas Jefferson’s British legacy 1800-1865 O'Connor, Peter This article is focused on one of the behemoths of American history, Thomas Jefferson. Unlike most studies, however, it removes the Virginian statesman from his familiar American context in order to illustrate his significance as a British icon. It considers the use of his image in British discourse between 1800 and 1865 to demonstrate the resonance of his name for British people of the period. In doing so it examines the uses of Jefferson’s image with reference to democracy and slavery to illustrate how the ambiguity and seeming contradictions in the deployment of his image are indicative of a broader debate in nineteenth century Britain about the meaning of the United States. Furthermore it demonstrates, through the use of Jefferson’s image, the steady but uneven process of disillusion with American politics and society among British reformers Taylor and Francis 2015-04-17 Article PeerReviewed O'Connor, Peter (2015) The Anglo-American synecdoche?: Thomas Jefferson’s British legacy 1800-1865. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 13 (2). pp. 154-174. ISSN 1754-1018 Thomas Jefferson democracy slavery Anglo-American Britain USA https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14794012.2015.1022371 doi:10.1080/14794012.2015.1022371 doi:10.1080/14794012.2015.1022371 |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Jefferson democracy slavery Anglo-American Britain USA O'Connor, Peter The Anglo-American synecdoche?: Thomas Jefferson’s British legacy 1800-1865 |
| title | The Anglo-American synecdoche?: Thomas Jefferson’s British legacy 1800-1865 |
| title_full | The Anglo-American synecdoche?: Thomas Jefferson’s British legacy 1800-1865 |
| title_fullStr | The Anglo-American synecdoche?: Thomas Jefferson’s British legacy 1800-1865 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Anglo-American synecdoche?: Thomas Jefferson’s British legacy 1800-1865 |
| title_short | The Anglo-American synecdoche?: Thomas Jefferson’s British legacy 1800-1865 |
| title_sort | anglo-american synecdoche?: thomas jefferson’s british legacy 1800-1865 |
| topic | Thomas Jefferson democracy slavery Anglo-American Britain USA |
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