A "dialogue" between a plebeian and a patrician: William Manning and Thomas Jefferson.

Chow Kwong Yuen.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-163).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Chapter I. --- Prologue ´ؤ The Elitist Consensus --- p.1Chapter II. --- """The Cast""- William Manning and Thomas Jefferson" --- p.7William Manning (1747-1814) --- p.7Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) --- p.15Chapter III. --- """The Stage"" - Two Different Worlds: Massachusetts and Virginia in the Eighteenth Century" --- p.27The Social Settings --- p.28The Religious Settings --- p.38The Educational Settings --- p.49The Economic Settings --- p.60The Political Settings --- p.71Chapter IV. --- """The Plot"" 一 Hamilton's Policies and Jay's Treaty" --- p.76"“Some Proposals for Making Restitution to the Original Creditors of Government""" --- p.76Jefferson on Hamilton's Policies --- p.84"""The Key of Liberty""" --- p.90Jefferson on Jay's Treaty --- p.99Chapter V. --- """The Dialogue""" --- p.104A Bisected Society versus Society as a Whole --- p.104On Human Nature --- p.109Government as Unnecessary versus the Absolute Necessity of Civil Government --- p.111On the Constitution --- p.120"On the People, Property, and Labour" --- p.123A Rational Citizen versus a Romantic Revolutionary --- p.129Public Space for the Masses to Participate in the Republic --- p.135Education and the Circulation of Information --- p.140The Uniqueness of America and Americans - American Identity --- p.144Chapter VI. --- Epilogue - Conflict and Consensus in the Founding Period --- p.147Bibliography --- p.16