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During the Revolutionary Period, and in the early days of the Union, Virginia was the nation's most promising state. It produced a galaxy of America's most important founders and statesmen: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Marshall, and many others. And yet, by the middle of the nineteenth century, Virginia had become little more than a byword for poverty, slavery, and economic stagnation. The decline was dramatic and startling. What happened? In Dominion of Memories, Susan Dunn chronicles the precipitous decline of America's most promising state. A gloriously written tale of the Founding Fathers and their beloved state, Dominion of Memories offers in microcosm the story of how a nation founded with great hope in the Age of Revolution found itself marching inexorably towards civil war half a century later.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Dominion of Memories
• Subtitle: Jefferson, Madison & the Decline of Virginia
• Author: Susan Dunn
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780465003563
• ISBN: 0465003567
• ID: 04613105
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Weight: 367 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 159 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. March 2008

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