The Virginia Historian
Welcome. The Virginia Historian gives readers of VIRGINIA HISTORY access to the 400-year tapestry of our past and present.
We help you UNDERSTAND CHANGES in Virginia,
- how communications change and our changing politics,
- the evolution of our thought and the elements of our religions,
- in-migration and out-migration among ethnics and races, and
- patterns of geographic settlement and community.
We address Virginia’s history of all kinds and across every historical period. — Most pages feature reviews of the best books of scholarly interest.
Buy books for your library or download ebooks with Amazon Associate links provided. Additional online sites are recommended to further your experience of Virginia history.
Review Sources
Geographic focus: Virginia Magazine of History and Biography for Virginia history (modern Virginia, West Virginia & Kentucky), Journal of Southern History for The South as a region of the US as it evolved over time, and Journal of American History for United States history, including maritime connection east over North & South Atlantic Ocean, south through the Caribbean Sea, and west across the Pacific Ocean.
Historical Era focus: 1500-1783, William & Mary Quarterly, 1763-1830 Journal of the Early Republic, 1820-1880 Journal of the Civil War Era, 1865-1920 Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
Books & Reviews
The Virginia History Books page presents book reviews on Virginia history across four centuries of diversity and contradiction. Each review includes related titles along with Amazon links to buy them.
The Virginia History Blog updates the TVH best 300 sources with titles reviewed in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.
Guides
Research Guides feature research websites and a page of museums and virtual tours.
20 Virginia U.S. Senators and Their Presidents is a collection of political biographies organized by six U.S. eras.
Virginia Constitution making is linked in Virginia Convention journals and a bibliography of their histories.
About TVH
In First Principles, I discuss my purpose to relate Virginia and local history to United States history, embracing political & social, intellectual & religious, ethnic & racial, industrial & commercial, and settlement & community history.
My Author’s Bio briefly explains my lifelong interest in Virginia and United States history.
Writing Projects outlines the research for two Virginia history books.