| Virginia: A History Contributor(s): Rubin, Louis Decimus, Jr. (Author), Rubin, Louis D., Jr. (Author), American Association for State and Local (With) |
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ISBN: 0393301370 ISBN-13: 9780393301373 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1984 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 975.5 |
| LCCN: 83006235 |
| Series: States & the Nation |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.53" W x 8.25" (0.80 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the beginning, Virginians have styled their government a conservative commonwealth, seeking stability amid change and often fashioning change to fit their concept of what Virginia--and America--should be like. In the eighteenth century Golden Age, Virginia was a world of broad acres and country gentlemen. To preserve the world, Virginians led a revolution and helped to found a government that they believed would secure their children's future. In the name of old and tried principles, Virginians in 1861 seceded from the Union to defend a way of life that to them seemed worth fighting for. In the twentieth century, they "paid as they went," convinced that debt meant the end of good government. |