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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dunn, Susan, 1945-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Madison, James, 1751-1836.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Political and social views.
Economic conditions.
Regionalism.
History.
Elite (Social sciences).
Social conditions.
Virginia--History--1775-1865.
Virginia.
Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1865.
Politics and government.
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.
Jefferson, Thomas.
Madison, James, 1751-1836--Political and social views.
Madison, James.
Physical Description:
ix, 310 pages ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Basic Books, [2007]
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-288) and index.
ISBN:
9780465017430
0465017436
OCLC:
80358388

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