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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819002303321

Autore

Tillson Albert H. <1948->

Titolo

Accommodating revolutions : Virginia's Northern Neck in an era of transformations, 1760-1810 / / Albert H. Tillson, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010

ISBN

1-280-49053-5

9786613585769

0-8139-2851-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Disciplina

975.5/2

Soggetti

Gentry - Virginia - Northern Neck - History - 18th century

African Americans - Virginia - Northern Neck - History - 18th century

Merchants - Virginia - Northern Neck - History - 18th century

Slavery - Virginia - Northern Neck - History - 18th century

Social classes - Virginia - Northern Neck - History - 18th century

Northern Neck (Va.) History 18th century

Northern Neck (Va.) Social conditions 18th century

Northern Neck (Va.) Economic conditions 18th century

Virginia History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A troubled gentry -- Beyond the plantations -- The world(s) Northern Neck slavery made -- The Scottish merchants -- Controlling the Revolution -- The evangelical challenge -- The preservation of hegemony.

Sommario/riassunto

Yet in part it was because ordinary Northern Neckers--including many leaders in the movements of wartime and religious dissidence--consciously or unconsciously accommodated themselves to both the patterns of economic change transforming their world and to the traditional ideals of the elite, and thus were unable to articulate or accept an alternative vision for the future of the region.