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SAGE OR INFIDEL: THOMAS JEFFERSON’S LIFE AND LEGACY (G223)

G – History

This course focuses on issues inadequately addressed in most Thomas Jefferson biographies. Topics include slavery, Native Americans, pirates, suffrage/gender, health concepts, routine and condition, world affairs, the Industrial Revolution, economics and others. We strive to understand the context of his life as well as the social and cultural environment in which he lived, grew, survived and thrived.

This offering meets for a total of 11 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Burton Cutting

CUTTING, BURTON — Retired financial/commodity analyst; taught college courses and published research on the futures/options markets. Avocation for decades has been American Colonial history, which includes support for the Princeton Battlefield Society (New Jersey) and the New Netherland Institute (New York). (G223)

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