Hallowed Heritage
by Dorothy Margaret Torpey
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About this eBook
- Author
- Torpey, Dorothy Margaret, 1919-
- Title
- Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia
- Credits
- Produced by Mark C. Orton, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F206: United States local history: The South. South Atlantic States
- Subject
- Virginia -- Civilization
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 43884
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43884
- Release Date
- October 4, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Hallowed Heritage:
- 2.DOROTHY M. TORPEY
- 3.INTRODUCTION
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.HALLOWED HERITAGE
- 6.1 Geographical Life — Location and Topographical Regions — Unique Features — Rivers and Lakes — Climate — Natural Resources — Human Resources — SUMMARY
- 7.2 Historical Life: 1584-1775 — Exploration and Colonization — The Commonwealth and the "Golden Age" — The Pre-Revolutionary War Era — SUMMARY
- 8.3 Historical Life: 1775-1860 — The Revolutionary War Era — The Adoption of the United States and State Constitutions — State and National Events (1789-1860) — SUMMARY
- 9.4 Historical Life: 1860-Present — The War Between the States — The Reconstruction Period and Its Aftermath — Twentieth Century Developments — SUMMARY
- 10.5 Economic Life — The Work Force — Types of Employment — Importance of Transportation — SUMMARY
- 11.6 Cultural Life — Literature — Art and Sculpture — Architecture — Music and Drama — Education — SUMMARY
- 12.7 Political Life — Background of Present State Constitution — The Virginia Bill of Rights — Election Requirements, Offices and Procedures — Legislative, Executive and Judicial Departments — Local Governmental Units — Education and Public Instruction — Miscellaneous Provisions — The Amendment Process — State Symbolism — SUMMARY
- 13.INDEX — Transcriber's note:
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