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Author Tarter, Brent, 1948-

Title The grandees of government : the origins and persistence of undemocratic politics in Virginia / Brent Tarter
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013

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Contents For the glory of God and the good of the plantation -- True religion and a civil course of life -- The grievances of the people -- The grandees of government -- All men are not created equal -- On domestic slavery -- Constitutions construed -- House divided -- Causes lost -- An Anglo-Saxon electorate -- The Byrdocracy -- I was born black -- The spirit of Virginia -- Public good and private interest -- Virginia abstractions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Political culture -- Virginia -- History
Constitutional history -- Virginia
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Virginia -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Constitutional history
Political culture
Politics and government
SUBJECT Virginia -- Politics and government -- To 1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143773
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143775
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143777
Subject Virginia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 081393432X
9780813934327