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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Virginia; A Geographical And Political Summary; Embracing A Description Of The State, Its Geology, Soils, Minerals And Climate; Its Animal And Vegetab

Virginia; A Geographical And Political Summary; Embracing A Description Of The State, Its Geology, Soils, Minerals And Climate; Its Animal And Vegetab

Hotchkiss, Jediah

Paperback

Atlases20th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354505295
ISBN13: 9789354505294
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 334
Weight: 1.71
Height: 0.70 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Before battle lines and railways redrew the map, Virginia had a story written in stone, soil, and statute. Know Virginia as it was. Jediah Hotchkiss gathers the Commonwealth of Virginia into a single, sharply observed historical state gazetteer: counties and towns, rivers and mountains, climates and crops, alongside the practical workings of government, education, and faith. Part political geography reference and part 19th-century Virginia survey, it moves from Virginia geology and soils to mining, timber, agriculture, manufacturing, trade, and the hard realities of transport. Read it for a clear picture of Virginia natural resources and for the ambitions and constraints behind roads, canals, and rail links that shaped internal improvements history. For readers of American regional history books, the book captures an antebellum Virginia history on the cusp of upheaval, making it invaluable to Civil War era researchers seeking context beyond campaigns. Its blend of statistics, description, and civic perspective shows why Virginia mattered to the wider nation, and how regions differed within the state. It is equally useful for genealogy and local history, offering place-based detail that helps locate people within landscapes, economies, and institutions. Presented as a complete public domain text, this edition lets collectors add a foundational reference to the shelf and gives curious travellers and armchair historians an intelligent companion to the state they think they know. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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