{"product_id":"the-pursuit-of-happiness-family-and-values-in-jeffersons-virginia-paperback-9780521315081","title":"The Pursuit of Happiness; Family and Values in Jefferson's Virginia (Paperback) 9780521315081","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Pursuit of Happiness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFamily and Values in Jefferson's Virginia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJan Lewis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521315081, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 22 February 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.416 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is an unusual and challenging study of the 'inner world' of the Virginia gentry during Jefferson's lifetime. It argues that, in the years after the Revolution, the gentry turned away from public life into the privacy of their homes and families. A new, sentimental religion agreed that the world was filled with woe and advised detachment from it in preparation for a better one to come. Notions of success, likewise, offered little cheer, as men and women reluctantly accepted the individualistic proposition that their destinies were in their own hands. Neither religion nor success assured earthly happiness; instead, Virginians sought their salvation in love. There, in the family and in feeling, men and women broke through the eighteenth-century's emotional restraint to pursue, but not always to find, the happiness they believed awaited them.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'My peaceable scheme': the world of the pre-Revolutionary gentry\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'The real use of religion': religion\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Weep for yourselves': death\u003cbr\u003e 4. 'Little ambitions': success\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Earthly connexions': love\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'The best feelings of our nature': conclusion\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations used in notes\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical essay\u003cbr\u003e A note on the sources\u003cbr\u003e Selected bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007085334808,"sku":"9780521315081","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521315081i_7504fea6-e722-477f-8f8f-2c1084710c1a.jpg?v=1691375088","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-pursuit-of-happiness-family-and-values-in-jeffersons-virginia-paperback-9780521315081","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}