Dominion of memories : Jefferson, Madison, and the decline of Virginia

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Title:

Dominion of memories : Jefferson, Madison, and the decline of Virginia

Author:

Dunn, Susan, 1945-

Personal Author:

Dunn, Susan, 1945-

Publication Information:

New York : Basic Books, [2007]

Physical Description:

ix, 310 pages ; 25 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

Prologue -- The cult of the soil -- The cankers of indolence and slavery -- "Let us have our own schools" -- Roads, canals, railroads : moving in place -- Deluded citizens clamoring for banks -- The case of Virginia v. John Marshall -- Another constitutional convention -- Tariff wars -- Abolitionists and other enemies -- Epilogue : Jefferson and Virginia, a hundred years later.

Personal Subject:

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826-Political and social views.

Madison, James, 1751-1836-Political and social views.

Subject Term:

Elite (Social sciences) -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.

Elite (Social sciences) -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.

Regionalism -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.

Regionalism -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.

Geographic Term:

Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865.

Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.

Virginia -- Social conditions.