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The book 鈥溾�橧 Tremble for My Country鈥�: Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Gentry鈥� by 色花堂app history professor Dr. Ron Hatzenbuehler has been published by the University Press of Florida.

In the book, Hatzenbuehler argues that Jefferson, though celebrated as a nationalist, is best understood as a member of the Virginia gentry, who viewed the nation through the lens of his native 鈥渃ountry,鈥� the Commonwealth of Virginia.

鈥淚n distinguishing Jefferson's universal appeal from his provincial identity, this thought-provoking book makes an important contribution to the study of the founding era,鈥� said Andrew Burstein, University of Tulsa historian.

Throughout his life, Jefferson was torn between his participation in a privileged order and his periodic dissent from the order鈥檚 way, according to Hatzenbuehler. In taking Virginians to task for their failure to improve Virginia society, he masked his own reluctance to make fundamental changes in his life.

The zenith of Jefferson鈥檚 criticism came in 鈥淣otes on the State of Virginia,鈥� where he chided his fellow Virginians for failing to take advantage of the opportunities that independence from Great Britain promised 鈥� including writing a new state constitution, establishing religious freedom, educating all of the state鈥檚 youth, farming grains instead of planting tobacco, and abolishing slavery. The height of his withdrawal from the commitment to the change he advocated came after his presidency, when he allowed his gentry culture to ensnare him.

The author also investigates specific issues of contention in the Jefferson literature, among them Jefferson's reliance on the writings of early Virginian writers and George Mason in drafting 鈥淪ummary View of the Rights of British America鈥� and the Declaration of Independence, the influence of the great French Encyclop茅die on his composition of 鈥淣otes,鈥� his authorship of the Kentucky Resolutions, his unfulfilled revolution as president, and the timing of the creation of the University of Virginia. Carefully drawing on Jefferson's voluminous correspondence, Hatzenbuehler does not shy away from the Founding Father鈥檚 failings but finds much to admire.

The illustrated book, ISBN: 0-8130-3007-2, is 224 pages and costs $55 (30 percent discount from the Press through Dec. 31). It is available through the University Press of Florida at www.upf.com, www.Amazon.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and from the ISU Book Store, call 282-3237.