Virginia's western visions
Subtitle: political and cultural expansion on an early American frontier
By: L. Scott Philyaw.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Political culture -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.; Elite (Social sciences) -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.; Gentry -- Virginia -- Attitudes -- History -- 18th century.; Land settlement -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 18th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865.; Virginia -- Social conditions -- 18th century.; Virginia -- Politics and government -- 18th century.; United States -- Territorial expansion.
Description: "In Virginia's Western Visions, L. Scott Philyaw examines the often tumultuous history of Virginia's westward expansion. Land, the foundation to tobacco cultivation and slavery, obsessed early Virginians. Land acquisition was also a necessary step in dispossessing Virginia's native inhabitants, replacing them with Europeans and Africans."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-176) and index.