The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind: Thomas Jefferson's Idea of a University - Hardcover

by Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy (Author), Howard Morhaim (Prepared by), Edward L. Ayers (Foreword by)

Nevertheless, his remarkable vision in founding the university remains vital to any consideration of the role of education in the success of the democratic experiment.

Author Biography

Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy is Vice President of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello and Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. His previous books include An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean and The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire, winner of the George Washington Book Prize.