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The Birth Of Virginia S Aristocracy
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Author : James C. Thompson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-09-15
The Birth Of Virginia S Aristocracy written by James C. Thompson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-15 with categories.
The Birth Of Virginia's Aristocracy explains how the first civil society formed in Virginia, what purposes it served, who its members were, and what happened to it as it aged. The transformation of Virginia's leading families into an "aristocracy" was the final stage in the development of its first society. This was not just a matter of accumulating wealth and political influence. Virginia's aristocracy was born, the book explains, when Colonel Richard Lee II transferred his allegiance from the squabbling, fragmented community that surrounded him to a distant English Lord. The descendents of the men who filled Virginia's first general assembly followed Lee more or less en masse. By surrendering their personal sovereignty to Thomas, 5th lord Fairfax they effectively became members of the hierarchical/hereditary social system that ascended to the King of England. Why would they do this? The author points to the end result, which was a mechanism that preserved the community-at-large by perpetuating the authority of Virginia's patriarchs. Readers will find that the process in which society formed and evolved in this real world setting bore no clear resemblance to the process theorized by the political "scientists" writing on the subject at that time in England. The author suggests that understanding what actually happened in Virginia will help modern observers understand what happened - and is happening - elsewhere.
Patrician And Plebeian In Virginia
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Author : Thomas J. Wertenbaker
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-03-08
Patrician And Plebeian In Virginia written by Thomas J. Wertenbaker and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-08 with Political Science categories.
Excerpt from Patrician and Plebeian in Virginia: Or the Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion The origin of the aristocracy of colonial Virginia is a subject which has caused much controversy among students of the history of the Old Dominion. It was for many years the general belief that the leading planters were the descendants of English families of high rank, and that their aristocratic instincts were their birth - right, the heritage left them by noble ancestors. Others have maintained that the best families of Virginia came from the great English middle class, and the evidences upon the debated question which have been unearthed in recent years, tend to confirm this View. The author's own studies have led him to the conclusion that but few men of rank ever came to the wilderness of Vir ginia, and that the planters were in most cases the descendants of merchant ancestors. With this as a basis he has sought to point out the operation of the economic, social and political forces that operated upon the colo nists and instilled into them those instincts of chivalry and of pride that were so pronounced at the time of the Revolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Birth Of Virginia S Aristocracy
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Author : James C. Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Commonwealth Books of Virginia
Release Date : 2010
The Birth Of Virginia S Aristocracy written by James C. Thompson and has been published by Commonwealth Books of Virginia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with British categories.
"A 'pocket' history book from Commonwealth Books of Virginia."
Patrician And Plebeian In Virginia
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Author : Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1910
Patrician And Plebeian In Virginia written by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1910 with Virginia categories.
The History And Present State Of Virginia
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Author : Robert Beverley
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2014-05-13
The History And Present State Of Virginia written by Robert Beverley and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-13 with History categories.
While in London in 1705, Robert Beverley wrote and published The History and Present State of Virginia, one of the earliest printed English-language histories about North America by an author born there. Like his brother-in-law William Byrd II, Beverley was a scion of Virginia's planter elite, personally ambitious and at odds with royal governors in the colony. As a native-born American--most famously claiming "I am an Indian--he provided English readers with the first thoroughgoing account of the province's past, natural history, Indians, and current politics and society. In this new edition, Susan Scott Parrish situates Beverley and his History in the context of the metropolitan-provincial political and cultural issues of his day and explores the many contradictions embedded in his narrative. Parrish's introduction and the accompanying annotation, along with a fresh transcription of the 1705 publication and a more comprehensive comparison of emendations in the 1722 edition, will open Beverley's History to new, twenty-first-century readings by students of transatlantic history, colonialism, natural science, literature, and ethnohistory.
American Aristocrats
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Author : Harry S Stout
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-11-21
American Aristocrats written by Harry S Stout and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-21 with History categories.
The story of an ambitious family at the forefront of the great middle-class land grab that shaped early American capitalism American Aristocrats is a multigenerational biography of the Andersons of Kentucky, a family of strivers who passionately believed in the promise of America. Beginning in 1773 with the family patriarch, a twice-wounded Revolutionary War hero, the Andersons amassed land throughout what was then the American west. As the eminent religious historian Harry S. Stout argues, the story of the Andersons is the story of America's experiment in republican capitalism. Congressmen, diplomats, and military generals, the Andersons enthusiastically embraced the emerging American gospel of land speculation. In the process, they became apologists for slavery and Indian removal, and worried anxiously that the volatility of the market might lead them to ruin. Drawing on a vast store of Anderson family records, Stout reconstructs their journey to great wealth as they rode out the cataclysms of their time, from financial panics to the Civil War and beyond. Through the Andersons we see how the lure of wealth shaped American capitalism and the nation's continental aspirations.
Aristocratic Souls In Democratic Times
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Author : Richard Avramenko
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2018-05-07
Aristocratic Souls In Democratic Times written by Richard Avramenko and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-07 with Political Science categories.
Great statesmen and gentlemen, men of honor and rank, seem to be phenomena of a bygone Aristocratic era. Aristocracies, which emphasize rank, and value difference, quality, beauty, rootedness, continuity, stand in direct contrast to democracies, which value equality, autonomy, novelty, standardization, quantity, utility and mobility. Is there any place for aristocratic values and virtues in the modern democratic social and political order? This volume consists of essays by political theorists, historians, and literary theorists that explore this question in the works of aristocratic thinkers, both ancient and modern. The volume includes analyses of aristocratic virtues, interpretations of aristocratic assemblies and constitutions, both historic and contemporary, as well as critiques of liberal virtues and institutions. Essays on Tacitus, Hobbes, Burke, Tocqueville, Nietzsche, as well as some lesser known figures, such as Henri de Boulainvilliers, John Randolph of Roanoke, Louis de Bonald, Konstantin Leontiev, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Richard Weaver, and the Eighth Duke of Northumberland, explore ways of preserving and adapting the salutary aspects of the aristocratic ethos to the needs of modern liberal societies.
Agrarians And Aristocrats
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Author : John Ashworth
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1987-03-27
Agrarians And Aristocrats written by John Ashworth and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-03-27 with History categories.
Cover title: "Agrarians" & "aristocrats."Includes index. Bibliography: p. 280-312.
Aristocracy And Its Enemies In The Age Of Revolution
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Author : William Doyle
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2009-04-09
Aristocracy And Its Enemies In The Age Of Revolution written by William Doyle and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-09 with History categories.
Since time immemorial Europe had been dominated by nobles and nobilities. In the eighteenth century their power seemed better entrenched than ever. But in 1790 the French revolutionaries made a determined attempt to abolish nobility entirely. 'Aristocracy' became the term for everything they were against, and the nobility of France, so recently the most dazzling and sophisticated elite in the European world, found itself persecuted in ways that horrified counterparts in other countries. Aristocracy and its Enemies traces the roots of the attack on nobility at this time, looking at intellectual developments over the preceding centuries, in particular the impact of the American Revolution. It traces the steps by which French nobles were disempowered and persecuted, a period during which large numbers fled the country and many perished or were imprisoned. In the end abolition of the aristocracy proved impossible, and nobles recovered much of their property. Napoleon set out to reconcile the remnants of the old nobility to the consequences of revolution, and created a titled elite of his own. After his fall the restored Bourbons offered renewed recognition to all forms of nobility. But nineteenth century French nobles were a group transformed and traumatized by the revolutionary experience, and they never recovered their old hegemony and privileges. As William Doyle shows, if the revolutionaries failed in their attempt to abolish nobility, they nevertheless began the longer term process of aristocratic decline that has marked the last two centuries.
Aristocrats Of Color
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Author : Willard B. Gatewood
language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 2000-05-01
Aristocrats Of Color written by Willard B. Gatewood and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-05-01 with Social Science categories.
Every American city had a small, self-aware, and active black elite, who felt it was their duty to set the standard for the less fortunate members of their race and to lead their communities by example. Professor Gatewood's study examines this class of African Americans by looking at the genealogies and occupations of specific families and individuals throughout the United States and their roles in their various communities. --from publisher description.