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Author Dunn, Susan, 1945-

Title Dominion of memories : Jefferson, Madison, and the decline of Virginia / Susan Dunn.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2007]
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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  975.5 DU    Check Shelf
Description ix, 310 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-288) and index.
Contents Prologue -- The cult of the soil -- The cankers of indolence and slavery -- "Let us have our own schools" -- Roads, canals, railroads : moving in place -- Deluded citizens clamoring for banks -- The case of Virginia v. John Marshall -- Another constitutional convention -- Tariff wars -- Abolitionists and other enemies -- Epilogue : Jefferson and Virginia, a hundred years later.
Subject Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865.
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
Virginia -- Social conditions.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
Elite (Social sciences) -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
Regionalism -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
Regionalism -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
Virginia -- Economic conditions.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views.
Madison, James, 1751-1836 -- Political and social views.
ISBN 9780465017430 alkaline paper
0465017436 alkaline paper
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