Accommodating revolutions : Virginia's Northern Neck in an era of transformations, 1760-1810 / Albert H. Tillson, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tillson, Albert H., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gentry--Virginia--Northern Neck--History--18th century.

Gentry.

African Americans--Virginia--Northern Neck--History--18th century.

African Americans.

Merchants--Virginia--Northern Neck--History--18th century.

Merchants.

Slavery--Virginia--Northern Neck--History--18th century.

Slavery.

Social classes--Virginia--Northern Neck--History--18th century.

Social classes.

Northern Neck (Va.)--History--18th century.

Northern Neck (Va.).

Northern Neck (Va.)--Social conditions--18th century.

Northern Neck (Va.)--Economic conditions--18th century.

Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.

Virginia.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Social aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Yet in part it was because ordinary Northern Neckers--including many leaders in the movements of wartime and religious dissidence--consciously or unconsciously accommodated themselves to both the patterns of economic change transforming their world and to the traditional ideals of the elite, and thus were unable to articulate or accept an alternative vision for the future of the region.

Contents:

A troubled gentry

Beyond the plantations

The world(s) Northern Neck slavery made

The Scottish merchants

Controlling the Revolution

The evangelical challenge

The preservation of hegemony.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613585769

9781280490538

1280490535

9780813928517

0813928516

OCLC:

755633557