Welcome to the Virginia History Blog. Titles selected for book reviews are taken from the bibliographies of scholarly, peer reviewed Virginia history surveys. Titles related to the topic and recent publications by authors are also included.
Additional books are chosen from those reviewed in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the Journal of Southern History and the Journal of American History.
After the books are reviewed in the Blog, they are redistributed among historical eras at The Virginia Historian.com: (1) Early and Late Colonial 1600-1763, (2) Revolution-Constitutional-New Nation 1750-1824, (3) Antebellum, Civil War-Reconstruction 1820-1883, (4) Gilded Age, New South, 20th Century 1880-present.
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Revolution & New Nation Intellectual History – Fall 2018 +
This blog features six reviews related to Intellectual History in Virginia, 1770-1824 and after. Beginning with a selection from Fall 2018, each features our “Flashmob Virginia History“. It is a reading list in each area of study with cornerstone scholarship and publications from 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 new releases. – American Enlightenment, where reason...
Revolution & New Nation . Social & Gender History – Fall 2018 +
This blog features three reviews related to Virginia Social and Gender History, 1770-1824 and after. Beginning with a selection from Fall 2018, each features our “Flashmob Virginia History“. It is a reading list in each area of study with cornerstone scholarship and publications from 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 new releases. Social and Gender History...
Restart book reviews and TVH LLC start up
After last year’s interruption, this year I mean to renew my Virginia history book reviews at TheVirginiaHistorian.com, and launch The Virginia Historian LLC with the help of my local Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC). – In my November B2B Bootcamp, my mentor stressed that politics should play no role in a business enterprise. I agree...
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* NEW * Virginia Congressional Delegations tables
Today I’ve reorganized the front end of the website menu. “About” tab now leads with “Favorite Websites” and “Visitors & Virtual tours”. New tab “In Convention” brings together the four subpages related to Virginia Conventions. New tab “In Congress” lays out a new organization for Virginia Congressional delegations — (a) placeholder for Continental Congress, (b)...
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Late Colonial Virginia books 2012-2014
This blog is on Late Colonial Virginia, 1712-1775, featuring twelve books from reviews in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 2012-2014. There is one in “References: Maps and Mapping”, three in “Social History”, three in “Slavery and Captivity” and five in “Political History”. Related titles linked and pictured are taken from books authored by...
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Late Colonial Virginia, Fall 2018
This Virginia History Blog looks at three recently published Late Colonial Virginia titles reviewed in Fall 2018. They are related to political and social history, economic history, and material cultural history. Current releases related to Virginia history in other eras from Spring 2018 journals can be found in previous Virginia History Blogs at Colonial Virginia...
Early Colonial Virginia books 2012-2014
We return to our cycle of book reviews by Virginia history eras with a blog for Early Colonial Virginia, 1600-1712. The list of thirteen titles are made up from those found in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 2012-2014. There are three in “First Years”, three in “Growth of Empire”, four in “Established Colony”...
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Virginia history books – the TVH plan for 2019
The TVH webpage plan going forward is to make Virginia history accessible to readers by (a) reviewing current Virginia history books (2018-2019) on the Virginia History Blog, (b) completing reviews for the years 2006 – 2016 on the landing pages of four Virginia historical periods 1600 – 1776, 1750 – 1824, 1820 – 1883, 1880...
New South and Modern Virginia part two, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we consider New South and Modern Virginia part two, looking at titles on its economies and environment, and then biographies from the period. Economy and Environment in the New South and Modern Virginia. “The New Economy and the New South”, “The Oyster Question” looks at fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay,...
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The New South and Modern Virginia part one, Summer 2018, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at the New South and Modern Virginia part one, with titles relating to Civil Rights and Social History. Civil Rights in the New South and Modern Virginia. Two titles from Summer 2018 include “A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time” on Alexandria in the Civil War and Gilded...
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