MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01703cam a22003494i 4500
001 2012049863
003 DLC
005 20140725093339.0
008 130107s2013 vaua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2012049863
020 $a9780813934310 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $z9780813934327 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-va
050 00 $aJK3916$b.T37 2013
082 00 $a320.9755$223
100 1 $aTarter, Brent,$d1948-
245 14 $aThe grandees of government :$bthe origins and persistence of undemocratic politics in Virginia /$cBrent Tarter.
264 1 $aCharlottesville :$bUniversity of Virginia Press,$c2013.
300 $aix, 453 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 397-441) and index.
505 0 $aFor 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.
651 0 $aVirginia$xPolitics and government$yTo 1775.
651 0 $aVirginia$xPolitics and government$y1775-1865.
651 0 $aVirginia$xPolitics and government$y1865-1950.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zVirginia$xHistory.
650 0 $aConstitutional history$zVirginia.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc.$zVirginia$xHistory.