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Author Tarter, Brent, 1948-

Title The grandees of government : the origins and persistence of undemocratic politics in Virginia / Brent Tarter.

Publication Info. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (463 pages) : illustrations
text rdacontent
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online resource rdacarrier
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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Political culture -- Virginia -- History.
Constitutional history -- Virginia.
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Virginia -- History.
Virginia -- Politics and government -- To 1775.
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Tarter, Brent. Grandees of government : the origins and persistence of undemocratic politics in Virginia. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013 ix, 453 pages 9780813934310 (DLC) 2012049863
ISBN 9780813934310 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813934327 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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