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Old Dominion, New Commonwealth

Author : Ronald L. Heinemann
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813930480
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Old Dominion, New Commonwealth written by Ronald L. Heinemann and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2008-05-02 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On the morning of 26 April 1607, three small ships carrying 143 Englishmen arrived off the Virginia coast of North America, having spent four months at sea.... All hoped for financial success and perhaps a little adventure; as it turned out, their tiny settlement eventually would evolve from colony into a prominent state in an entirely new nation." So begins Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607-2007 and the remarkable story behind the founding not only of the state of Virginia but of our nation. With this book, the historians Ronald L. Heinemann, John G. Kolp, Anthony S. Parent Jr., and William G. Shade collaborate to provide a comprehensive, accessible, one-volume history of Virginia, the first of its kind since the 1970s. In seventeen narrative chapters, the authors tackle the four centuries of Virginia’s history from Jamestown through the present, emphasizing the major themes that play throughout Virginia history—change and continuity, a conservative political order, race and slavery, economic development, and social divisions—and how they relate to national events. Including helpful bibliographical listings at the end of each chapter as well as a general listing of useful sources and Websites, the book is truly a treasure trove for any student, scholar, or general-interest reader looking to find out more about the history of Virginia and our nation. Timed to coincide with the 2007 quadricentennial, Old Dominion, New Commonwealth will stand as a classic for years to come.

Old Dominion Industrial Commonwealth

Author : Sean Patrick Adams
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1421400510
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Old Dominion Industrial Commonwealth written by Sean Patrick Adams and published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the role of state policies in North-South economic divergence and in American industrial development leading up to the Civil War. In 1796, famed engineer and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe toured the coal fields outside Richmond, Virginia, declaring enthusiastically, “Such a mine of Wealth exists, I believe, nowhere else!” With its abundant and accessible deposits, growing industries, and network of rivers and ports, Virginia stood poised to serve as the center of the young nation’s coal trade. By the middle of the nineteenth century, however, Virginia’s leadership in the American coal industry had completely unraveled while Pennsylvania, at first slow to exploit its vast reserves of anthracite and bituminous coal, had become the country’s leading producer. Sean Patrick Adams compares the political economies of coal in Virginia and Pennsylvania from the late eighteenth century through the Civil War, examining the divergent paths these two states took in developing their ample coal reserves during a critical period of American industrialization. In both cases, Adams finds, state economic policies played a major role. Virginia’s failure to exploit the rich coal fields in the western part of the state can be traced to the legislature’s overriding concern to protect and promote the interests of the agrarian, slaveholding elite of eastern Virginia. Pennsylvania’s more factious legislature enthusiastically embraced a policy of economic growth that resulted in the construction of an extensive transportation network, a statewide geological survey, and support for private investment in its coal fields. Using coal as a barometer of economic change, Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth addresses longstanding questions about North-South economic divergence and the role of state government in American industrial development.

The Hornbook of Virginia History

Author : Emily J. Salmon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Hornbook of Virginia History written by Emily J. Salmon and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1949, the "Hornbook" has been the definitive, handy reference guide to Virginia history and culture. Among the book's contents are: a concise history of the commonwealth; total population figures, 1610-1990; lists of all the governors, lieutenant governors, and attorneys general from 1607 to the present; brief histories of the counties and cities presently in Virginia along with counties formerly in the commonwealth; concise descriptions of famous houses, places of worship, and other historical sites; and brief histories of the colleges and universities in Virginia. "The Hornbook of Virginia History" is a must on the bookshelf of everyone who reads, researches, writes, or cares about Virginia history. -- From product description.

Cradle of America

Author : Peter Wallenstein
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700619941
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Cradle of America written by Peter Wallenstein and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America, the birthplace of a presidential dynasty, and the gateway to western growth in the nation’s early years, Virginia can rightfully be called the “cradle of America.” Peter Wallenstein traces major themes across four centuries in a brisk narrative that recalls the people and events that have shaped the Old Dominion. The second edition is updated with new material throughout, including a new chapter on Virginia and world affairs from the Korean War through 9/11 and beyond, and, an expanded bibliography. Historical accounts of Virginia have often emphasized harmony and tradition, but Wallenstein focuses on the impact of conflict and change. From the beginning, Virginians have debated and challenged each other’s visions of Virginia, and Wallenstein shows how these differences have influenced its sometimes turbulent development. Casting an eye on blacks as well as whites, and on people from both east and west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, he traces such key themes as political power, racial identity, and education. Bringing to bear his long experience teaching Virginia history, Wallenstein takes readers back, even before Jamestown, to the Elizabethan settlers at Roanoke Island and the inhabitants they encountered, as well as to Virginia’s leaders of the American Revolution. He chronicles the state’s dramatic journey through the Civil War era, a time that revealed how the nation’s evolution sometimes took shape in opposition to the vision of many leading Virginians. He also examines the impact of the civil rights movement and considers controversies that accompany Virginia into its fifth century. The text is copiously illustrated to depict not only such iconic figures as Pocahontas, George Washington, and Robert E. Lee, but also such other prominent native Virginians as Carter G. Woodson, Patsy Cline, and L. Douglas Wilder. Sidebars throughout the book offer further insight, while maps and appendixes of reference data make the volume a complete resource on Virginia’s history.

Defending the Old Dominion

Author : Stuart Lee Butler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0761860398
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Defending the Old Dominion written by Stuart Lee Butler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defending the Old Dominion describes historical events in Virginia during the War of 1812, examining how Virginia's militia was organized, supplied, and financed by the Commonwealth. The book discusses the militia's unpreparedness in training, its lack of adequate ordnance and arms, and how that affected its ability to defend the state against British incursions during the war. Political activities of the Virginia legislature and the U.S. Congress are examined with special reference to how the state financed the war and its relationship with the U.S. government. The book includes the fascinating story of nearly two thousand former slaves who fled to British ships to fight in Virginia with British forces.

Virginia Reconsidered

Author : Kevin R. Hardwick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813922270
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book Virginia Reconsidered written by Kevin R. Hardwick and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas Smith, Occidental Collegeo Elizabeth R. Varon, Wellesley College

First Celebration of the Anniversary of the Settlement at Jamestown, Va., on the 13th of May, 1607

Author : Old Dominion Society (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (829 download)

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Download or read book First Celebration of the Anniversary of the Settlement at Jamestown, Va., on the 13th of May, 1607 written by Old Dominion Society (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Virginia, the New Dominion

Author : Virginius Dabney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virginia, the New Dominion written by Virginius Dabney and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are also 4 issues of the Bulletin of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, July/Aug. 75 to Nov./Dec. 75 [4 vol.].

Virginia

Author : America the Beautiful Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781070380674
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Virginia written by America the Beautiful Press and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-26 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VIRGINIA. State nickname: Old Dominion. Mother of Presidents and the Mother of Statesmen. Motto: Thus Always to Tyrants. State song: Our Great Virginia. The official name of Virginia is the Commonwealth of Virginia . VA became a state in 1788. Its capital is Richmond and its largest city is Virginia Beach. VA is bordered by West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia. Virginia is the state where eight United States presidents were born: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson. This book measures 6x9 inches (15.24 cm x 22.86 cm). Paperback matte cover. 100 pages of white lined journal paper. Click on Author, AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL PRESS, to view all 50 of The United States of America, and buy books for family & friends!

Virginia

Author : America the Beautiful Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781072016656
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Virginia written by America the Beautiful Press and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VIRGINIA. State nickname: Old Dominion. Mother of Presidents and the Mother of Statesmen. Motto: Thus Always to Tyrants, Virginia Is For Lovers. State song: Our Great Virginia. The official name of Virginia is the Commonwealth of Virginia . VA became a state in 1788. Its capital is Richmond and its largest city is Virginia Beach. VA is bordered by West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia. Virginia is the state where eight United States presidents were born: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson. This book measures 6x9 inches (15.24 cm x 22.86 cm). Paperback matte cover. 100 pages of white lined journal paper. Click on Author, AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL PRESS, to view all 50 of The United States of America, and buy books for family & friends!

The Hornbook of Virginia History

Author : Emily J. Salmon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780884901785
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Hornbook of Virginia History written by Emily J. Salmon and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bound Away

Author : David Hackett Fischer
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813917740
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Bound Away written by David Hackett Fischer and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the migration patterns that characterized the colony and (later) state of Virginia over the three century history following its European founding. Dividing the topic into three patterns--migration to, within, and from Virginia--Fischer (history, Brandeis U) and Kelly (Virginia Historical Society) study the reasons behind the migrations of various populations, paying special attention to African Americans, and explore the cultural legacy of the migrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Virginia, the Old Dominion

Author : Matthew Page Andrews
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virginia, the Old Dominion written by Matthew Page Andrews and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Virginians and Their Histories

Author : Brent Tarter
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813943930
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Virginians and Their Histories written by Brent Tarter and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Histories of Virginia have traditionally traced the same significant but narrow lines, overlooking whole swathes of human experience crucial to an understanding of the commonwealth. With Virginians and Their Histories, Brent Tarter presents a fresh, new interpretive narrative that incorporates the experiences of all residents of Virginia from the earliest times to the first decades of the twenty-first century, affording readers the most comprehensive and wide-ranging account of Virginia’s story. Tarter draws on primary resources for every decade of the Old Dominion's English-language history, as well as a wealth of recent scholarship that illuminates in new ways how demographic changes, economic growth, social and cultural changes, and religious sensibilities and gender relationships have affected the manner in which Virginians have lived. Virginians and Their Histories interweaves the experiences of Virginians of different racial and ethnic backgrounds and classes, representing a variety of eras and regions, to understand what they separately and jointly created, and how they responded to economic, political, and social changes on a national and even global level. That large context is essential for properly understanding the influences of Virginians on, and the responses of Virginians to, the constantly changing world in which they have lived. This groundbreaking work of scholarship—generously illustrated and engagingly written—will become the definitive account for general readers and all students of Virginia’s diverse and vibrant history.

Virginia

Author : Weigl Publishing, Inc.
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1593397925
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Virginia written by Weigl Publishing, Inc. and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia: The Old Dominion State, is a part of the Discover America Series. Virginia celebrates the people and culture with beautiful images and engaging facts as well as describing the history, industry, environment, and sports that make this state unique.

Virginia

Author : America the Beautiful Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781073852468
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Virginia written by America the Beautiful Press and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VIRGINIA. State nickname: Old Dominion. Mother of Presidents and the Mother of Statesmen. Motto: Thus Always to Tyrants. State song: Our Great Virginia. The official name of Virginia is the Commonwealth of Virginia . VA became a state in 1788. Its capital is Richmond and its largest city is Virginia Beach. VA is bordered by West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia. Virginia is the state where eight United States presidents were born: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson. This notebook measures 6x9 inches (15.24 cm x 22.86 cm). Paperback matte cover. 100 pages of white lined journal paper. Click on Author, AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL PRESS, to view all 50 of The United States of America, and buy books for family & friends!

Virginia

Author : Anna Maria Johnson
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502642956
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Virginia written by Anna Maria Johnson and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Present readers with a comprehensive look at the geography, history, people, economy, and government of the commonwealth nicknamed the "Mother of Presidents." Native American and African American contributions to Virginia are celebrated, and eye-catching sidebars offer a sampling of the special flora and fauna, cutting-edge technology, and cultural attractions that have helped to shape the character of Old Dominion.