| Description |
1 online resource (157 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Colonization -- The Commonwealth period -- Civil society in Virginia -- From Commonwealth to collapse -- The rule under law of gentlemen -- The reign of Charles II -- Colonel Richard Lee's submission to Lord Fairfax -- The squirearchy in the Revolutionary era -- Thomas Jefferson's other rebellion -- Endnotes |
| Summary |
The Birth of Virginia's Aristocracy presents a philosophical discussion on how society developed in 17th century Virginia. The Virginia Company of London founded its new world colony with the intention of making money. Company treasurer Sir Edwin Sandys attempted to save its faltering business by shifting the company focus from creating profits to creating a viable marketplace. Sandys undertook to do this by establishing a commonwealth and providing a market where capitalists could exchange the products of their industry. Thompson finds in Sandys experiment this fundamental lesson: unless a society provides it members a profit-generating market, it will fail. Sandys program did not save his company, but it did save its colony by making it a place where private enterprise could succeed |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-192) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 15, 2015) |
| Subject |
British -- Virginia
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Virginia
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HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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British
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Elite (Social sciences)
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| SUBJECT |
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143765
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| Subject |
Virginia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780982592212 |
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0982592213 |
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0982592205 |
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9780982592205 |
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0990401863 |
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9780990401865 |
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