LIBROS DEL AUTOR: thomas j wertenbaker

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  • Government of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century. Originally Published as Jamestown 350th Anniversary Historical Booklet, Number 16 (1957)
    Thomas J. Wertenbaker / Thomas JWertenbaker
    The bulk of this volume describes the development of the various institutions of governance in Virginia, the men who helped to establish them, and the political tensions which existed within this royal colony from 1607 to 1700. Woven into Wertenbaker’s tapestry, or course, are descriptions of the great controversies of the 17th century--Bacon’s Rebellion, clashes with the India...
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  • Planters of Colonial Virginia
    Thomas J. Wertenbaker
    Professor Wertenbaker here explains how the headright system, tobacco cultivation, and the importation of slave labor transformed the colony of Virginia from largely a society of yeoman farmers to a planter aristocracy. At the turn of the eighteenth century, however, most Virginia landowners were still self-sufficient small farmers holding a few hundred acres of land. This is b...
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    38,00 €

  • Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676
    Thomas J. Wertenbaker
    This volume resumes the story of Governor William Berkeley upon his return from England in 1659, then moves the reader quickly to that quintessential political embroglio of 17th-century America--Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676. Convinced about the Governor’s lack of concern for their safety and economic well being, a group of rebellious frontier planters cast their lot with Berkeley’...
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    19,72 €