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The planting of New Virginia : settlement and landscape in the Shenandoah Valley Warren R. Hofstra
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks UVA F 232 .S5 H64 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hofstra, Warren R., 1947-
- Series:
- Creating the North American landscape
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)--Historical geography.
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.).
- Landscapes--Social aspects--Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)--History--18th century.
- Landscapes.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.).
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Land settlement--Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)--History--18th century.
- Land settlement.
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)--History--18th century.
- Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
- United States--Territorial expansion.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 410 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
- Contents:
- The evolution of new Virginia
- Empire and encounter: a prologue
- Peopling an empire
- Settling the Shenandoah
- Bounding the land
- Centering the county
- From strategic place to central place
- Town and country
- The future of new Virginia: an epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-396) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP credit line -- John Bartram, John Bartram Family Papers (Coll. # 36).
- ISBN:
- 0801874181 (acid-free paper)
- OCLC:
- 52057399
- Online:
- To view Contributor biographical information
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