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Item Details
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VIRGINIA
A HISTORY |
| By: |
Louis Rubin, American Association for State and Local History |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£19.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0393301370 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780393301373 |
| Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
| Pub. date: |
17 January, 1984 |
| Description: |
When Virginia's Royal Governor, William Gooch, sailed for England in 1749, he left behind a "state of affairs in which all seemed ordered and tranquil and-to those whose opinions mattered-reasonably permanent." It was the first such time in Virginia's history but, writes author Louis Rubin, it would not be the last. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
WW Norton & Co |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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