In their introduction to Virginia Reconsidered, Kevin Hardwick
and Warren Hofstra note that "Virginia's history is powerfully
situated, in both the popular and the scholarly imagination." Even
recalling only a handful of the many memorable figures and events
of Virginia history--George Washington, Stonewall Jackson, Patrick
Henry's declamation at St. John's Church--it is difficult to
disagree. But Virginia Reconsidered, a richly diverse and
innovative collection of pioneering essays, goes beyond simply
recounting the exploits of famous figures or the major turning
points in the state's history. Probing deep currents of historical
change and the revealing experiences of lesser-known Virginians,
the fourteen essays offer teachers and general readers a fuller
approach to Virginia's history, one that gives important context to
the state's disparate people and events. Darrett B. and Anita H.
Rutman's essay on seventeenth-century Middlesex County, for
example, details the decades-long effort of men like Arthur Nash to
buy land and the struggle of subsequent generations to make the
land into viable farms. This essay provides both a tale of economic
independence and a history of early Virginia land development in
miniature. Woody Holton explores the aspirations of enslaved
Virginians during the revolutionary crisis, and demonstrates the
connections between their hopes and actions and the decision of
Virginia's planters to declare independence from Great Britain.
Essays like Holton's investigate the fascinating but forgotten
corners of Virginia history that are indeed its true foundation
o Stephen V. Ash, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
o Fred Arthur Bailey, Abilene Christian University
o Thomas E. Buckley, S.J., Jesuit School of Theology at
Berkeley/ Graduate Theological Union
o Gregory Michael Dorr, University of Alabama
o J. Frederick Fausz, University of Missouri, St. Louis
o Elna C. Green, Florida State University
o Jack P. Greene, Johns Hopkins University
o Kevin R. Hardwick, James Madison University
o Warren R. Hofstra, Shenandoah University
o Woody Holton, University of Richmond
o Deborah A. Lee, George Mason University
o Jan Lewis, Rutgers University, Newark
o Edmund S. Morgan, Yale University, Emeritus
o the late Anita H. Rutman
o the late Darrett B. Rutman
o J. Douglas Smith, Occidental College
o Elizabeth R. Varon, Wellesley College
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