A Planter's Republic: The Search for Economic Independence in Revolutionary Virginia

A Planter's Republic: The Search for Economic Independence in Revolutionary Virginia

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Book Description
This exciting reinterpretation of the path to Revolution follows Virginia planters' attempts to break with England and shows how their grassroots effort at self-sufficiency solidified into political resistance, war, and independence.

About the Author
Bruce Ragsdale is chief historian, Federal Judicial History Office at the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C. He formerly served as associate historian of the U.S. House of Representatives and was co-editor of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1989). Dr. Ragsdale is author of several works on eighteenth-century Virginia and the history of the U.S. House of Representatives.

A Planters' Republic : The Search for Economic Independence in Revolutionary Virginia,Bruce A. Ragsdale,Madison House Publishers, Inc.,0945612400,18th century,Business / Economics / Finance,Business/Economics,Commerce,Economic Conditions,Economic History,History,Politics and government,To 1775,U.S. History - Colonial Period (1607-1775),United States - Revolutionary War,Virginia,History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800),USA,World history: c 1500 to c 1750

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