Virginia Reconsidered
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Virginia Reconsidered
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Author : Kevin R. Hardwick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Virginia Reconsidered written by Kevin R. Hardwick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Virginia categories.
Douglas Smith, Occidental Collegeo Elizabeth R. Varon, Wellesley College
George Washington Reconsidered
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Author : Don Higginbotham
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2001
George Washington Reconsidered written by Don Higginbotham and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
George Washington, heroic general of the Revolution, master of Mount Vernon, and first president of the United States, remains the most enigmatic figure of the founding generation, with historians and the public at large still arguing over the strengths of his character and the nature of his intellectual and political contributions to the early republic. Representing the finest recent scholarship on Washington, these thirteen essays by the leading scholars in the field strike a balance between Washington's personal life and character and his public life as a soldier and political figure. Editor Don Higginbotham provides an introduction about Washington and his treatment by historians, and an afterword devoted to how the American people have viewed Washington, including the 1999 commemorations of the bicentennial of his death. With three essays written specifically for this volume, George Washington Reconsidered is the first collection of its kind to be published in over thirty years.
Journal Of The Senate Of Virginia
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Author : Virginia. General Assembly. Senate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
Journal Of The Senate Of Virginia written by Virginia. General Assembly. Senate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Virginia categories.
Vols. for 1831/32-1940 include Senate documents.
The Virginia State Constitution
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Author : John J. Dinan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-03-11
The Virginia State Constitution written by John J. Dinan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-11 with Law categories.
In contrast with the U.S. Constitution, which has been amended only 27 times since it was drafted in 1787, the Virginia Constitution has been the subject of many revisions since its adoption by the Convention of 1776. Significant changes have been brought about at the recommendation of revision commissions. On a number of those occasions, Virginia constitution makers have engaged in significant debates about fundamental questions. In fact, few states have had more opportunities to engage in constitutional revision and to debate fundamental principles. In The Virginia State Constitution, John Dinan analyzes the history and development of the Virginia constitution and undertakes a detailed treatment of the evolving interpretation of each section. In it, he contends that few states have had more opportunities than Virginia to engage in constitutional revision, and, in the process, to debate fundamental political questions about the role of state government. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series, this title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the states constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.
Why Confederates Fought
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Author : Aaron Sheehan-Dean
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2009-08
Why Confederates Fought written by Aaron Sheehan-Dean and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08 with Family & Relationships categories.
Despite the massive volume of writing on the American Civil War, one of the fundamental questions about it continues to bedevil us. Why did non slave holders sacrifice so much to build a slave republic? Non slave holders commitment was not marginal; they formed the vast majority of soldiers who fought on behalf of the Confederacy. Nor was slaver...
Federalists Reconsidered
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Author : Doron S. Ben-Atar
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1998
Federalists Reconsidered written by Doron S. Ben-Atar and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Eleven contributions explore the impact of the political thinking and activity of the Hamiltonian Federalists upon American political culture. The essays explore a number of issues confronted by the Federalists including slavery, the treatment of women, Hamilton's commercialism vs. Jeffersonian agriculturalism, and efforts to come to grips with Ben Franklin's legacy after his death. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Proceedings Of The Common Council Of The City Of Buffalo
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Author : Buffalo (N.Y.). Common Council
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
Proceedings Of The Common Council Of The City Of Buffalo written by Buffalo (N.Y.). Common Council and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with categories.
Race And Liberty In The New Nation
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Author : Eva Sheppard Wolf
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 2006
Race And Liberty In The New Nation written by Eva Sheppard Wolf and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
"By examining how ordinary Virginia citizens grappled with the vexing problem of slavery in a society dedicated to universal liberty, Eva Sheppard Wolf broadens our understanding of such important concepts as freedom, slavery, emancipation, and race in the early years of the American republic. She frames her study around the moment between slavery and liberty - emancipation - shedding new light on the complicated relations between whites and blacks in a slave society." "Wolf argues that during the post-Revolutionary period, white Virginians understood both liberty and slavery to be racial concepts more than political ideas. Through an in-depth analysis of archival records, particularly those dealing with manumission between 1782 and 1806, she reveals how these entrenched beliefs shaped both thought and behavior. In spite of qualms about slavery, white Virginians repeatedly demonstrated their unwillingness to abolish the institution." "The manumission law of 1782 eased restrictions on individual emancipation and made possible the liberation of thousands, but Wolf discovers that far fewer slaves were freed in Virginia than previously thought. Those who were emancipated posed a disturbing social, political, and even moral problem in the minds of whites. Where would ex-slaves fit in a society that could not conceive of black liberty? As Wolf points out, even those few white Virginians who proffered emancipation plans always suggested sending freed slaves to some other place. Nat Turner's rebellion in 1831 led to a public debate over ending slavery, after which discussions of emancipation in the Old Dominion largely disappeared as the eastern slaveholding elite tightened its grip on political power in the state." "This well-informed and carefully crafted book outlines important and heretofore unexamined changes in whites' views of blacks and liberty in the new nation. By linking the Revolutionary and antebellum eras, it shows how white attitudes hardened during the half-century that followed the declaration that "all men are created equal.""--BOOK JACKET.
Records And Briefs Of The United States Supreme Court
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1832
Records And Briefs Of The United States Supreme Court written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1832 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.
Well Nigh Reconstructed
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Author : Brinsley Matthews
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Release Date : 2010-12-15
Well Nigh Reconstructed written by Brinsley Matthews and has been published by Univ. of Tennessee Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-15 with Social Science categories.
In 1882, William Simpson Pearson, writing under the pseudonym Brinsley Matthews, published Well-Nigh Reconstructed, a thinly disguised autobiographical novel excoriating the enormous societal changes that had beset the former Confederacy during Reconstruction. Pearson’s work was especially notable in that the author was a onetime Radical Republican and supporter of Ulysses S. Grant’s bid for the presidency. A product of Pearson’s perception that northern Reconstruction policies had devastated his native North Carolina, the book set in motion a genre of politically motivated novels that would culminate near the turn of the twentieth century with Thomas Nelson Page’s Red Rock and later Thomas Dixon Jr.’s infamous The Clansman. Though set in Virginia and Alabama, it is clear that Well-Nigh Reconstructed drew heavily on Pearson’s own experiences and that it was conceived as a direct response to A Fool’s Errand, a pro-Reconstruction novel by fellow North Carolinian Albion Tourgée. Echoing Pearson’s own disillusionment with the Radical Republicans, the novel’s protagonist, Archie Moran, comes to see Radical Reconstruction as an attempt to turn the South into a carbon copy of the North, and through a series of encounters involving corrupt carpetbaggers, greedy politicians, and the Klan trials of the late 1870s, Moran grows weary of politics altogether and resigns his Republican Party affiliation. For Pearson and his doppelganger, Moran, Reconstruction became a vast breeding ground for corruption. Featuring an extensive introduction by historian Paul D. Yandle, who sets the political and regional scene of Reconstruction North Carolina, this reissue of Well-Nigh Reconstructed will shed new light on the ways in which sectionalism, regionalism, and the embrace of white supremacy tended to undermine the recently reconstituted Union among Appalachian residents.