Gentry and Common Folk: Political Culture on a Virginia Frontier, 1740-1789University Press of Kentucky, 1991年1月1日 - 228 頁 In the late 18th century, the Upper Valley of Virginia experienced a conflict between the elitist culture of the gentry and the more democratic values of the populace. Tillson addresses several major issues in historical scholarship on Virginia and the southern backcountry, focusing on changing political values in the late colonial and Revolutionary eras. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... period Tillson shows that , at least in Virginia's Upper Valley , deferential culture was much less per- vasive than has often been suggested . Although the gentry maintained elitist . values in the county courts and some other ...
... period Tillson shows that , at least in Virginia's Upper Valley , deferential culture was much less per- vasive than has often been suggested . Although the gentry maintained elitist . values in the county courts and some other ...
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... period , ca. 1600-1775 2. Political culture - Virginia - History - 18th century . 3. Social classes - Virginia - History - 18th century . 4. Virginia -History — Revolution , 1775-1783 — Social aspects . 5. United States -History ...
... period , ca. 1600-1775 2. Political culture - Virginia - History - 18th century . 3. Social classes - Virginia - History - 18th century . 4. Virginia -History — Revolution , 1775-1783 — Social aspects . 5. United States -History ...
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... period . Rhys Isaac asserted that the rise of evangelical religion , with its emphasis on austerity and egalitarianism , challenged the conspicuous con- sumption and hierarchical values that underlay the established order . Dale Benson ...
... period . Rhys Isaac asserted that the rise of evangelical religion , with its emphasis on austerity and egalitarianism , challenged the conspicuous con- sumption and hierarchical values that underlay the established order . Dale Benson ...
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... period , scholars have debated the effect of the war and the succeeding years on the Old Dominion . Jack P. Greene and others have argued that the revolutionary era produced no substan- tial erosion of popular respect for the elite or ...
... period , scholars have debated the effect of the war and the succeeding years on the Old Dominion . Jack P. Greene and others have argued that the revolutionary era produced no substan- tial erosion of popular respect for the elite or ...
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... period assert that although regional leaders did espouse the deferential culture of eastern Virginia , much of the upper valley population rejected these political attitudes . Their dissent became especially strong in the militia and ...
... period assert that although regional leaders did espouse the deferential culture of eastern Virginia , much of the upper valley population rejected these political attitudes . Their dissent became especially strong in the militia and ...
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Land People Economy and Government | 5 |
The Political Culture of the Colonial Elite | 20 |
The Militia and Popular Localism | 29 |
The Roots of Backcountry Order | 48 |
Toward the Republic | 62 |
The Tory Challenge | 85 |
Finishing the Revolution | 99 |
John Stuarts History of the Greenbrier Valley | 111 |
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