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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... values of the populace . Albert Tillson ad- dresses here several major issues in his- torical scholarship on Virginia and the southern backcountry , focusing on changing political values in the late co- lonial and Revolutionary eras ...
... values of the populace . Albert Tillson ad- dresses here several major issues in his- torical scholarship on Virginia and the southern backcountry , focusing on changing political values in the late co- lonial and Revolutionary eras ...
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... values in maintaining that society's political order . According to this interpretation , ordi- nary Virginians expressed their own humility and acknowledged the superiority of their leaders in a wide variety of political and social ...
... values in maintaining that society's political order . According to this interpretation , ordi- nary Virginians expressed their own humility and acknowledged the superiority of their leaders in a wide variety of political and social ...
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... values and the precarious authority of provincial leaders.3 Although the Revolution itself has received less attention than the late colonial period , scholars have debated the effect of the war and the succeeding years on the Old ...
... values and the precarious authority of provincial leaders.3 Although the Revolution itself has received less attention than the late colonial period , scholars have debated the effect of the war and the succeeding years on the Old ...
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... values of the elite , however , the upper valley experienced less disorder than many other portions of the backcountry . In part this relative tranquillity may be attributed to the emergence of an elite that developed close ties to ...
... values of the elite , however , the upper valley experienced less disorder than many other portions of the backcountry . In part this relative tranquillity may be attributed to the emergence of an elite that developed close ties to ...
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... values . The importance of culture for this study requires a definition of the term at the outset . In its most conventional sense , a culture is the body of values , beliefs , assumptions , and expectations shared by a group of people ...
... values . The importance of culture for this study requires a definition of the term at the outset . In its most conventional sense , a culture is the body of values , beliefs , assumptions , and expectations shared by a group of people ...
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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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