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ThomasJeffersonIsAmmongTheMostImportantAndControversialOfAmericanPolcticalThinkers:HisInfluence(Libertarian,Edmocratic,Participatory,AndAgrarian-Republican)IsStillFeltToday.AProlificWriter,JeffersonLeft18,000letters,NoteOnTheStateOfVirginia,AnAutobiography,AndNumerousOtherPapers.JoyceApplebyAndTerenceBallHaveSelectedTheMostImportantOfTheseForPresentationInTheCambridheTextsSeries:Jefferson'sViewsOnTopicsSuchAsRevolution,Self-Govermment,TheRoleOfWomen,AndAfrican-AmericansAndNativeAmericansEmergeToGiveAFascinatingInsightIntoAManWhoOwnedSlaves,YetAdvocatedTheAbolitoionOfSlavery.TheTextsAreSupportedByAConciseIntroduction,SuggestionsForFurtherReadingAndShortBiographiesOfKeyFigures,AllProvingInvaluableAssistanceToTheStudentEncounteringTheBreadthAndRichnessOfJefferson'sThoughtForTheFirstTime.JOYCEApplebyIsProfessorOfHistoryAtUCLA,AndAFormerPresidentOfTheAmericanHistoricalAssociation.TERENCEBALLIsProfessorOfPoliticalScienceAtArizonaStateUniversity,AndHasPreviouslyEditedTheWorksOfJamesMillForTheCambridgeTextsSeries.