Chapter II: Introduction: BOOK ONE: The Virginian

I A VIRGINIA BOYHOOD 3
II AN AMERICAN DISCIPLE OF GREECE AND OLD ENGLAND 19
III A VIRGINIA LAWYER 34

BOOK TWO: _Jefferson and the American Revolution_

I THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 59
II THE REVISION OF THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA 86
III GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA--THE "NOTES ON VIRGINIA" 108
IV A STATESMAN'S APPRENTICESHIP 137

BOOK THREE: _An American View of Europe_

I SOCIETY AND TRAVEL 159
II GALLO-AMERICAN COMMERCE AND THE DEBT QUESTION 176
III UNION AND ISOLATION 194
IV JEFFERSON AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 215

BOOK FOUR: _Monocrats and Republicans_

I THE QUARREL WITH HAMILTON 245
II JACOBIN OR AMERICAN? 274
III MONTICELLO--AGRICULTURE AND POLITICS 298
IV "THE DICTATES OF REASON AND PURE AMERICANISM" 321
V POLITICAL LEADER AND STRATEGIST 343

BOOK FIVE: _The Presidency_

I "ALL REPUBLICANS, ALL FEDERALISTS" 379
II PROTECTIVE IMPERIALISM AND TERRITORIAL EXPANSION 396
III "SELF-PRESERVATION IS PARAMOUNT TO ALL LAW" 425
IV "PEACE AND COMMERCE WITH EVERY NATION" 440