The Jefferson rule : how the founding fathers became infallible and our politics inflexible
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015., Simon & Schuster, 2015.
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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viii, 308 pages ; 25 cm.
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Santa Maria Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction306.20973 SEHAT 2015On Shelf

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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2015., Simon & Schuster, 2015.
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Book
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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"In The Jefferson Rule, historian David Sehat describes how liberals, conservatives, secessionists, unionists, civil rights leaders, radicals, and libertarians have sought out the Founding Fathers to defend their policies. Beginning with the debate between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton over the future of the nation, and continuing through the Civil War, the New Deal, the Reagan Revolution, and Obama and the Tea Party, many pols have asked, "What would the Founders do?" instead of "What is the common good today?" Recently both the Right and the Left have used the Founders to sort through such issues as voting rights, campaign finance, free speech, gun control, taxes, and war and peace. They have used an outdated context to make sense of contemporary concerns. This oversimplification obscures our real issues. From Jefferson to this very day we have looked to the eighteenth century to solve our problems, even though the Fathers themselves were a querulous and divided group who rarely agreed. Coming to terms with the past, Sehat suggests, would be the start of a productive debate. And in this account, which is by turns informative, colorful, and witty, he shows us why."--Amazon.com.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sehat, D. (2015). The Jefferson rule: how the founding fathers became infallible and our politics inflexible (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.

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Sehat, David. 2015. The Jefferson Rule: How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible. Simon & Schuster.

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Sehat, David. The Jefferson Rule: How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible Simon & Schuster, 2015.

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Sehat, David. The Jefferson Rule: How the Founding Fathers Became Infallible and Our Politics Inflexible First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2015.

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