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Author:

Dunn, Susan, 1945-

Title:

Dominion of memories : Jefferson, Madison, and the decline of Virginia / Susan Dunn.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

ix, 310 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Virginia--History--1775-1865.
Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1865.
Virginia--Social conditions.
Elite (Social sciences)--Virginia--History--18th century.
Elite (Social sciences)--Virginia--History--19th century.
Regionalism--Virginia--History--18th century.
Regionalism--Virginia--History--19th century.
Virginia--Economic conditions.
Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826--Political and social views.
Madison, James,--1751-1836--Political and social views.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

0465017436 (alk. paper)
9780465017430 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007001452

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)