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...
Category: 1600-1763 Early and Late Colonial Era
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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Thomas Jefferson and Women, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at titles related to Thomas Jefferson and women. “Seeing Jefferson Anew” investigates Jefferson socially, ideologically, politically and historiographically. “The Women Jefferson Loved” describes Jefferson’s mother, sisters, wife, daughters, mistress and granddaughters. “The Hemmingses of Monticello” narrates the remarkable continuity of a Jefferson slave family over three generations of...
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Thomas Jefferson Biography, 2009-11
This Virginia History Blog considers three titles of Thomas Jefferson Biography. “The Road to Monticello” is an intellectual history of Jefferson’s connections to American philosophy, literature and education. “Flight from Monticello” is set during Jefferson’s governorship in the Revolution. “The Jeffersons at Shadwell” is a two-generational study of their Piedmont plantation. The Road to Monticello...
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George Washington and Memory, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at three titles concerning George Washington and his memory. “The Long Farewell” dealt with how American contemporaries mourned the death of George Washington. “Inventing George Washington” studies the portrait of the Founder in myth and memory. “Here, George Washington Was Born” shows how Washington is remembered, important artifacts...
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George Washington Biography, 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at four volumes of George Washington biography. “Washington: A Life” describes the Founder’s personal and political growth in his roles as leader in war and peace. “Ascent of George Washington” focuses on his political practice. “Political Philosophy of George Washington” explores three pillars of his thought. “In the...
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Virginia Colonial Biography 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we look at three titles on Virginia Colonial Biography and one relating to the out buildings supporting the gentry lifestyle. By calling a meeting of five colonial governors to Annapolis the General Braddock of “Braddock’s March”, is credited with the precursor to the Continental Congress. “Daniel Boone” was the principle...
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Colonial Virginia History ii – Summer 2018
In our second installment of Colonial Virginia history from Summer 2018 journals, we look at five titles. The first three relate to the British American Empire in the Atlantic community. “Advancing Empire” considers the English history from 1613 to 1688. “Homicide Justified” examines the legality of killing slaves including Virginia colonial and antebellum history. “Stamped...
Late Colonial Virginia – VMHB 2009-11
In this Virginia History Blog, we explore the evolution of religious freedom surveying Virginia history “From Jamestown to Jefferson”. Virginia colonial history and environment is surveyed from pre-contact to the Age of Jefferson in “Nature and History in the Potomac Country”. The rise and decline of the Early Colonial gentry in the Late Colonial period...
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Early Colonial Era – 2009-2011
To begin this Virginia History Blog on the Early Colonial Era, we look at first landing settlements. “A Kingdom Strange” explores the settlement of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. “Pocahontas, Little Wanton” documents early English accounts, verifiable history and subsequent narratives, plays and pictures. “The Web of Empire” places the Virginia colony initially as a...
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