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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... Social classes - Virginia - History - 18th century . 4. Virginia -History — Revolution , 1775-1783 — Social aspects . 5. United States -History - Revolution , 1775–1783 - Social aspects . I. Title . F229.T58 1991 973.2 - dc20 91-8181 ...
... Social classes - Virginia - History - 18th century . 4. Virginia -History — Revolution , 1775-1783 — Social aspects . 5. United States -History - Revolution , 1775–1783 - Social aspects . I. Title . F229.T58 1991 973.2 - dc20 91-8181 ...
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... social interactions . Virginia leaders encouraged respect for their status by conspicuous displays of wealth and by affirmations of their willingness to sacrifice personal well - being for the good of the entire polity . The reciprocal ...
... social interactions . Virginia leaders encouraged respect for their status by conspicuous displays of wealth and by affirmations of their willingness to sacrifice personal well - being for the good of the entire polity . The reciprocal ...
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... social hierarchy sanctioned by time - honored custom and a widespread use of con- spicuous consumption to demonstrate status . In Chesapeake Politics , 1781-1800 , Norman K. Risjord asserted that the economic strains of the war and ...
... social hierarchy sanctioned by time - honored custom and a widespread use of con- spicuous consumption to demonstrate status . In Chesapeake Politics , 1781-1800 , Norman K. Risjord asserted that the economic strains of the war and ...
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... social and political order in different portions of the region.9 Some scholars have examined the role of class antagonisms and other internal divisions in shaping the develop- ment of backcountry societies . 10 Students of the ...
... social and political order in different portions of the region.9 Some scholars have examined the role of class antagonisms and other internal divisions in shaping the develop- ment of backcountry societies . 10 Students of the ...
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... social reality . Ultimately , a dialectical relationship ties human cultures to their social and material environments . As Bernard Bailyn , Gordon Wood , and other historians of the American Revolution have com- pellingly demonstrated ...
... social reality . Ultimately , a dialectical relationship ties human cultures to their social and material environments . As Bernard Bailyn , Gordon Wood , and other historians of the American Revolution have com- pellingly demonstrated ...
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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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