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The grandees of government : the origins and persistence of undemocratic politics in Virginia
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The grandees of government : the origins and persistence of undemocratic politics in Virginia / Brent Tarter.
ISBN
9780813934310 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813934327 (e-book)
Publication
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Physical Description
1 online resource (463 pages) : illustrations
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Print version: Tarter, Brent. Grandees of government : the origins and persistence of undemocratic politics in Virginia. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 01, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
For the glory of God and the good of the plantation
True religion and a civil course of life
The grievances of the people
The grandees of government
All men are not created equal
On domestic slavery
Constitutions construed
House divided
Causes lost
An Anglo-Saxon electorate
The Byrdocracy
I was born black
The spirit of Virginia
Public good and private interest
Virginia abstractions.
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