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Tillson Albert H. <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Accommodating revolutions : Virginia's Northern Neck in an era of transformations, 1760-1810 / / Albert H. Tillson, Jr |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-49053-5 |
9786613585769 |
0-8139-2851-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (432 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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