The Grandees of Government: The Origins and Persistence of Undemocratic Politics in Virginia

by Brent Tarter

Book Overview

From the formation of the first institutions of representative government and the use of slavery in the seventeenth century through the American Revolution, the Civil War, the civil rights movement, and into the twenty-first century, Virginia's history has been marked by obstacles to democratic change. In The Grandees of Government, Brent Tarter offers an extended commentary based in primary sources on how these undemocratic institutions and ideas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813934311
• ISBN13: 9780813934310
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.6" x 9.5"