The planting of New Virginia
Subtitle: settlement and landscape in the Shenandoah Valley
By: Warren R. Hofstra.
Series: Creating the North American landscape
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
Subjects: Landscape -- Social aspects -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- 18th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.); Land settlement -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- 18th century; Frontier and pioneer life -- United States; Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Historical geography; Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- History -- 18th century; United States -- Territorial expansion
Description: "In The Planting of New Virginia Warren R. Hofstra offers the first comprehensive geographical history of one of North America's most significant frontier areas. By examining the early landscape history of the Shenandoah Valley in its regional and global context, Hofstra sheds new light on social, economic, political, and intellectual developments that affected both the region and the entire North American Atlantic world."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-396) and index.