The Planting of New Virginia Settlement and Landscape in the Shenandoah Valley |
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| Author:
| Hofstra, Warren R. |
| Series title: | Creating the North American Landscape Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-7418-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2004 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $117.00 |
Book Description:
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In the eighteenth century, Virginia's Shenandoah Valley became a key corridor for America's westward expansion through the Cumberland Gap. Known as 'New Virginia,' the region west of the Blue Ridge Mountains set off the world of the farmer from that of the planter, grain and livestock production from tobacco culture, and a free labor society from ......
In the eighteenth century, Virginia's Shenandoah Valley became a key corridor for America's westward expansion through the Cumberland Gap. Known as 'New Virginia,' the region west of the Blue Ridge Mountains set off the world of the farmer from that of the planter, grain and livestock production from tobacco culture, and a free labor society from ......