A Topping People: The Rise and Decline of Virginia's Old Political Elite, 1680-1790

by Emory G. Evans

Book Overview

A "Topping People" is the first comprehensive study of the political, economic, and social elite of colonial Virginia. Evans studies twenty-one leading families from their rise to power in the late 1600s to their downfall over one hundred years later. These families represented the upper echelons of power, serving in the upper and lower houses of the General Assembly, often as speaker of the House of Burgesses. Their names--Randolph, Robinson,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813927900
• ISBN13: 9780813927909
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"