Essay review: Two books by Melissa Adler on Thomas Jefferson and information

doi:10.1108/jd-02-2026-0082

DOI: 10.1108/jd-02-2026-0082 ISSN: 0022-0418

Essay review: Two books by Melissa Adler on Thomas Jefferson and information

Ronald E. Day

Purpose

Book review of two books by Melissa Adler: Peculiar Satisfaction: Thomas Jefferson and the Mastery of Subjects (Fordham University, 2025) and Surveillance in the Empire of Liberty: Why Thomas Jefferson Matters in Our Information Age (Bloomsbury, 2026).

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