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

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).

Authors

Ronald E. Day (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4907-9392)

Institutions

Indiana University Bloomington (US)

Publication Details

Journal: Journal of Documentation
Published: 2026-06-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/jd-02-2026-0082
Primary Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Type: article
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Essay review: Two books by Melissa Adler on Thomas Jefferson and information

Ronald E. Day

Jun 30, 2026

Journal of Documentation

Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

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

Ronald E. Day

June 30, 2026article en

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Journal of Documentation

Indiana University Bloomington (US)

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Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

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