Author: Benjamin Brodie WinbornePublisher:
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Category : Hertford County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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The Colonial and State Political History of Hertford County, N.C.
Author: Benjamin Brodie WinbornePublisher:
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Category : Hertford County (N.C.)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut
Author: William CothrenPublisher:
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Category : Bethlehem (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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The End of an Era
Author: John Sergeant WisePublisher: Boston New York, Houghton, Mifflin
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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History of New London, Connecticut
Author: Frances Manwaring CaulkinsPublisher:
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Category : New London (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Claude A. Swanson of Virginia
Author: Henry C. FerrellJr.Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813162955
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Spanning most of the years of the one-party South, the public career of Virginian Claude A. Swanson, congressman, governor, senator, and secretary of the navy, extended from the second administration of Grover Cleveland into that of Franklin Roosevelt. His record, writes Henry C. Ferrell, Jr., in this definitive biography, is that of "a skillful legislative diplomat and an exceedingly wise executive encompassed in the personality of a professional politician." As a congressman, Swanson abandoned Cleveland's laissez faire doctrines to become the leading Virginia spokesman for William Jennings Bryan and the Democratic platform of 1896. His achievements as a reform governor are equaled by few Virginia chief executives. In the Senate, Swanson worked to advance the programs of Woodrow Wilson. In the 1920s, he contributed to formulation of Democratic alternatives to Republican policies. In Roosevelt's New Deal cabinet, he helped the Navy obtain favorable treatment during a decade of isolation. The warp and woof of local politics are well explicated by Ferrell to furnish insight into personalities and events that first produced, then sustained, Swan-son's electoral success. He examines Virginia educational, moral, and social reforms; disfranchisement movements; racial and class politics; and the impact of the woman's vote. And he records the growth of the Hampton Roads military-industrial complex, which Swanson brought about. In Virginia, Swanson became a dominant political figure, and Ferrell's study challenges previous interpretations of Virginia politics between 1892 and 1932 that pictured a powerful, reactionary Democratic "Organization," directed by Thomas Staples Martin and his successor Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., defeating would-be progressive reformers. A forgotten Virginia emerges here, one that reveals the pervasive role of agrarians in shaping the Old Dominion's politics and priorities.
Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871
Author: Joseph Addison WaddellPublisher:
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Category : Augusta County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry
Author: Joseph BarryPublisher:
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Category : Civil war
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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The Descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of "Barford", Lancaster County, Virginia, 1652-1912
Author: Joseph Lyon MillerPrices of Clothing
Author: John M. CurranPublisher:
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Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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The Virginia Landmarks Register
Author: Calder LothPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813918626
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
The Virginia Landmarks Register, fourth edition, will create for the reader a deeper awareness of a unique legacy and will serve to enhance the stewardship of Virginia's irreplaceable heritage.