Gentry and Common Folk : Political Culture on a Virginia Frontier 1740-1789 /

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In the late eighteenth century, the Upper Valley of Virginia experienced a conflict between the elitist culture of the gentry and the more republican values of the populace. Albert Tillson addresses here several major issues in historical scholarship on Virginia and the southern backcountry, focusin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tillson, Albert H., 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 1991.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social classes.
Politics and government.
Political culture.
Social aspects.
HISTORY > Social History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Classes sociales > Virginie > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Social classes > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Political culture > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Virginia.
United States.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Aspect social.
Virginie > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Revolution) > Aspect social.
Virginie > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1775.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Social aspects.
Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Social aspects.
Virginia > Politics and government > To 1775.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Map, Tables, and Figure; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Land, People, Economy, and Government; 2. The Political Culture of the Colonial Elite; 3. The Militia and Popular Localism; 4. The Roots of Backcountry Order; 5. Toward the Republic; 6. The Tory Challenge; 7. Finishing the Revolution; 8. John Stuart's History of the Greenbrier Valley; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W.

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