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The Evolution Of Local Government In Virginia
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Book Synopsis City Power by : Richard C. Schragger
Download or read book City Power written by Richard C. Schragger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reigning theories of urban power suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change. In City Power, Richard Schragger challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that cities can and should pursue aims other than making themselves attractive to global capital. Using the municipal living wage movement as an example, Schragger explains why cities are well-positioned to address issues like income equality and how our institutions can be designed to allow them to do so.
Book Synopsis Virginia Politics & Government in a New Century: The Price of Power by : Jeff Thomas
Download or read book Virginia Politics & Government in a New Century: The Price of Power written by Jeff Thomas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The modern political landscape of Virginia bears little resemblance to the past. The commonwealth is a nationally influential swing state alongside stalwarts like Florida or Ohio. But with increased power comes greater scrutiny--and corruption. Governor Bob McDonnell received a jail sentence on federal corruption charges, later vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court. Corporate influence on the state legislature and other leaders resulted in numerous ethics violations. Scandal erupted at the prestigious University of Virginia when the school ousted its president amid political drama and intrigue. Author Jeff Thomas reveals the intersection of money, power and politics and the corrosive effect on government in a new era."--Page [4] of cover.
Book Synopsis The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century by : Warren M. Billings
Download or read book The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century written by Warren M. Billings and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original publication in 1975, The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century has become an important teaching tool and research volume. Warren Billings brings together more than 200 period documents, organized topically, with each chapter introduced by an interpretive essay. Topics include the settlement of Jamestown, the evolution of government and the structure of society, forced labor, the economy, Indian-Anglo relations, and Bacon's Rebellion. This revised, expanded, and updated edition adds approximately 30 additional documents, extending the chronological reach to 1700. Freshly rethought chapter introductions and suggested readings incorporate the vast scholarship of the past 30 years. New illustrations of seventeenth-century artifacts and buildings enrich the texts with recent archaeological findings. With these enhancements, and a full index, students, scholars, and those interested in early Virginia will find these documents even more enlightening.
Book Synopsis You Are Not American by : Amanda Frost
Download or read book You Are Not American written by Amanda Frost and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize Citizenship is invaluable, yet our status as citizens is always at risk—even for those born on US soil. Over the last two centuries, the US government has revoked citizenship to cast out its unwanted, suppress dissent, and deny civil rights to all considered “un-American”—whether due to their race, ethnicity, marriage partner, or beliefs. Drawing on the narratives of those who have struggled to be treated as full members of “We the People,” law professor Amanda Frost exposes a hidden history of discrimination and xenophobia that continues to this day. The Supreme Court’s rejection of Black citizenship in Dred Scott was among the first and most notorious examples of citizenship stripping, but the phenomenon did not end there. Women who married noncitizens, persecuted racial groups, labor leaders, and political activists were all denied their citizenship, and sometimes deported, by a government that wanted to redefine the meaning of “American.” Today, US citizens living near the southern border are regularly denied passports, thousands are detained and deported by mistake, and the Trump administration is investigating the citizenship of 700,000 naturalized citizens. Even elected leaders such as Barack Obama and Kamala Harris are not immune from false claims that they are not citizens eligible to hold office. You Are Not American grapples with what it means to be American and the issues surrounding membership, identity, belonging, and exclusion that still occupy and divide the nation in the twenty-first century.
Book Synopsis Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia: The letters of Patrick Henry by : Virginia. Governor
Download or read book Official Letters of the Governors of the State of Virginia: The letters of Patrick Henry written by Virginia. Governor and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Malcolm and Me written by Robin Farmer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philly native Roberta Forest is a precocious rebel with the soul of a poet. The thirteen-year-old is young, gifted, black, and Catholic—although she’s uncertain about the Catholic part after she calls Thomas Jefferson a hypocrite for enslaving people and her nun responds with a racist insult. Their ensuing fight makes Roberta question God and the important adults in her life, all of whom seem to see truth as gray when Roberta believes it’s black or white. An upcoming essay contest, writing poetry, and reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X all help Roberta cope with the various difficulties she’s experiencing in her life, including her parent’s troubled marriage. But when she’s told she’s ineligible to compete in the school’s essay contest, her explosive reaction to the news leads to a confrontation with her mother, who shares some family truths Roberta isn’t ready for. Set against the backdrop of Watergate and the post-civil rights movement era, Malcolm and Me is a gritty yet graceful examination of the anguish teens experience when their growing awareness of themselves and the world around them unravels their sense of security—a coming-of-age tale of truth-telling, faith, family, forgiveness, and social activism.
Download or read book First People written by Keith Egloff and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating recent events in the Native American community as well as additional information gleaned from publications and public resources, this newly redesigned and updated second edition of First People brings back to the fore this concise and highly readable narrative. Full of stories that represent the full diversity of Virginia's Indians, past and present, this popular book remains the essential introduction to the history of Virginia Indians from the earlier times to the present day.
Book Synopsis African American Architects by : Dreck Spurlock Wilson
Download or read book African American Architects written by Dreck Spurlock Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 855 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1865 African-American architects have been designing and building houses and public buildings, but the architects are virtually unknown. This work brings their lives and work to light for the first time.
Book Synopsis The Hornbook of Virginia History by : Emily J. Salmon
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.
Book Synopsis African Americans of Alexandria, Virginia by : Char McCargo Bah
Download or read book African Americans of Alexandria, Virginia written by Char McCargo Bah and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sitting just south of the nation's capital, Alexandria has a long and storied history." "Still, little is known of Alexandria's twentieth-century African American community. Experience the harrowing narratives of trials and triumph as Alexandria's African Americans helped to shape not only their hometown but also the world around them. Rutherford Adkins became one of the first black fighter pilots as a Tuskegee Airman. Samuel Tucker, a twenty-six-year-old lawyer, organized and fought for Alexandria to share its wealth of knowledge with the African American community by opening its libraries to all colors and creeds. Discover a vibrant past that, through this record, will be remembered forever as Alexandria's beacon of hope and light.
Book Synopsis Virginia Government by : Liliokanaio Peaslee
Download or read book Virginia Government written by Liliokanaio Peaslee and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equally at home as a companion to an introductory text or as a stand-alone resource, Virginia Government offers an excellent introduction to the political institutions, actors, and policy processes of the Old Dominion State. Paying special attention to the governing arrangements that make Virginia unique, from statewide city-county separation to a single-term governor to shifting electoral alignments, Peaslee and Swartz strike the perfect balance, combining necessary background and historical analysis with current events and policy issues to make the information relevant and engaging for today’s students. Grounded in the comparative method, the text provides useful comparisons with governing institutions, political processes, and public polices in other states and localities.
Book Synopsis Local Governments in Multilevel Governance by : Robert Agranoff
Download or read book Local Governments in Multilevel Governance written by Robert Agranoff and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local governments serve their communities in many diversified ways as they increasingly engage in multiple connections: international, regional, regional-local, with nongovernmental organizations and through external nongovernmental services county actors. The book discusses how the shift in emphasis from government to governance has raised many management challenges, along with shifting expectations and demands.
Book Synopsis The Virginia Landmarks Register by : Calder Loth
Download or read book The Virginia Landmarks Register written by Calder Loth and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Constitutional History of Virginia by : Brent Tarter
Download or read book Constitutional History of Virginia written by Brent Tarter and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only modern comprehensive constitutional history of any state, and as a history of Virgina, it is one of the oldest and most complex. Virginia’s state legislature is the Virginia General Assembly, which was established in July 1619, making it the oldest current lawmaking body in North America. Brent Tarter’s Constitutional History of Virginia covers over three hundred years of Virginia’s legislative policy, from colony to statehood, revealing its political and legal backstory. From the very beginning in 1606, when James I chartered the Virginia Company to establish a commercial outpost on the Atlantic coast of North America, through the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the fundamental constitutions of the colony and state of Virginia have evolved and changed as the demographic, economic, political, and cultural characteristics of Virginia changed. Elements of the colonial constitution influenced the character of the state’s first constitution in 1776, and changing relationships between the people and their government, as well as relationships between the state and federal governments, have influenced how the state’s constitution has evolved. Tarter explores that evolution and taps into its relevance to the people who have lived and still live in Virginia.
Book Synopsis A Guidebook to Virginia's African American Historical Markers by : Department of Historic Resources
Download or read book A Guidebook to Virginia's African American Historical Markers written by Department of Historic Resources and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia encompasses "this nation's longest continuous experience of Afro-American life and culture," esteemed scholar Armstead L. Robinson has written. This book offers both highway and armchair travelers the first published guide to the locations and texts of more than three hundred state historical highway markers recalling significant people, places, and events in Virginia's African American history. Published to coincide with the 2019 commemoration of the first documented arrival of Africans to present-day Virginia in 1619, A Guidebook to Virginia's African American Historical Markers showcases topics of state and national significance, spanning the colonial era through the mid-1960s and the civil rights movement. Nearly all of these markers were approved by the Virginia Board of Historic Resources within the past forty years, through early 2019, thereby enlarging the sweep and scope of the nation's oldest statewide historical highway marker program.
Book Synopsis The Governors of Virginia, 1860-1978 by : Edward Younger
Download or read book The Governors of Virginia, 1860-1978 written by Edward Younger and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Historical Archaeology of Virginia from Initial Settlement to the Present by : Clarence R. Geier
Download or read book The Historical Archaeology of Virginia from Initial Settlement to the Present written by Clarence R. Geier and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book includes six chapters that cover Virginia history from initial settlement through the 20th century plus one that deals with the important role of underwater archaeology. Written by prominent archaeologists with research experience in their respective topic areas, the chapters consider important issues of Virginia history and consider how the discipline of historic archaeology has addressed them and needs to address them . Changes in research strategy over time are discussed , and recommendations are made concerning the need to recognize the diverse and often differing roles and impacts that characterized the different regions of Virginia over the course of its historic past. Significant issues in Virginia history needing greater study are identified.
