The first gentlemen of Virginia : intellectual qualities of the early colonial ruling class
1940
975.5 W947 1940
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Title
The first gentlemen of Virginia : intellectual qualities of the early colonial ruling class
Published
San Marino, CA : The Huntington Library, 1940.
Description
xi, 373 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
975.5 W947 1940
System Control No.
(OCoLC)00952461
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: English patterns for Virginia planters -- The development of a Virginia aristocracy -- The quality of the gentry -- The planters' concern over education -- Books and their place in plantation life -- William Fitzhugh: The evolution of an aristocrat -- Ralph Wormeley II: A cultivated gentleman-planter -- Richard Lee II: A belated Elizabethan -- The literate interests of the first carters -- Robert Beverley II: Historian and iconoclast -- The Byrd's progress from trade to genteel elegence -- The vitality of the tradition.
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Contents: English patterns for Virginia planters -- The development of a Virginia aristocracy -- The quality of the gentry -- The planters' concern over education -- Books and their place in plantation life -- William Fitzhugh: The evolution of an aristocrat -- Ralph Wormeley II: A cultivated gentleman-planter -- Richard Lee II: A belated Elizabethan -- The literate interests of the first carters -- Robert Beverley II: Historian and iconoclast -- The Byrd's progress from trade to genteel elegence -- The vitality of the tradition.
L2012G115
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