Author: Virginia Company of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
The Records of the Virginia Company of London
Author: Virginia Company of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Virginia Colonial Decisions
Author: Virginia. General CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
The Statutes at Large
Author: VirginiaReports of Cases Determined in the General Court of Virginia
Author: Thomas JeffersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity and law
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
A Tale of Two Colonies
Author: Virginia BernhardPublisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826219519
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Subject: In this fascinating tale of England's first two New World colonies, Bernhard links Virginia and Bermuda in a series of unintended consequences resulting from natural disaster, ignorance of native cultures, diplomatic intrigue, and the fateful arrival of the first Africans in both colonies. --from publisher description
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles
Author: John SmithPublisher:
ISBN: 9780598359865
Category : Bermuda Islands
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Long Process of Development
Author: Jerry F. HoughPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107670411
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
This groundbreaking book examines the history of Spain, England, the United States, and Mexico to explain why development takes centuries.
The Historical Archaeology of Virginia from Initial Settlement to the Present
Author: Clarence R. GeierPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781541023482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The book includes six chapters that cover Virginia history from initial settlement through the 20th century plus one that deals with the important role of underwater archaeology. Written by prominent archaeologists with research experience in their respective topic areas, the chapters consider important issues of Virginia history and consider how the discipline of historic archaeology has addressed them and needs to address them . Changes in research strategy over time are discussed , and recommendations are made concerning the need to recognize the diverse and often differing roles and impacts that characterized the different regions of Virginia over the course of its historic past. Significant issues in Virginia history needing greater study are identified.
American Sphinx
Author: Joseph J. EllisPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375727469
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian who was capable of decrying mescegenation while maintaing an intimate relationship with his slave, Sally Hemmings; the enemy of government power who exercisdd it audaciously as president; the visionarty who remained curiously blind to the inconsistencies in his nature. American Sphinx is a marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, and an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.
American Slavery, American Freedom
Author: Edmund S. MorganPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393347516
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
"Thoughtful, suggestive and highly readable."—New York Times Book Review In the American Revolution, Virginians were the most eloquent spokesmen for freedom and quality. George Washington led the Americans in battle against British oppression. Thomas Jefferson led them in declaring independence. Virginians drafted not only the Declaration but also the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; they were elected to the presidency of the United States under that Constitution for thirty-two of the first thirty-six years of its existence. They were all slaveholders. In the new preface Edmund S. Morgan writes: "Human relations among us still suffer from the former enslavement of a large portion of our predecessors. The freedom of the free, the growth of freedom experienced in the American Revolution depended more than we like to admit on the enslavement of more than 20 percent of us at that time. How republican freedom came to be supported, at least in large part, by its opposite, slavery, is the subject of this book. American Slavery, American Freedom is a study of the tragic contradiction at the core of America. Morgan finds the keys to this central paradox, "the marriage of slavery and freedom," in the people and the politics of the state that was both the birthplace of the Revolution and the largest slaveholding state in the country.