Colonial & Antebellum Virginia - Good, Charles M

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Résumé :
Virginia has long been regarded as a state with great historical significance. Yet, the noteworthy places and events of the pre-Civil War era in the Commonwealth's southwestern region, Montgomery County in particular, have long been overshadowed by those in other parts of the state. Montgomery County played significant but under-appreciated roles in Virginia and U.S. history, particularly between 1740-1860 that includes the period of Westward Expansion. This fascinating pictorial history offers a unique look at the development of Montgomery County's cultural landscape and spotlights the vital part this county played in shaping the regional and national records prior to the Civil War. Featuring Native American and European exchanges, colonization, migration and expansion, as well as the understudied and still largely invisible roles of the county's enslaved populations, this insightful narrative raises an awareness and mindfulness of the past and advances the mission of heritage conservation. Original photography and maps chronicle the societal and architectural changes during the first half of the region's recorded history and offer essential complements to the rich and well-researched text. Engaging and informative, Colonial & Antebellum Virginia: Images of Montgomery County's Historical-Cultural Landscape presents a lasting, visual legacy of Montgomery County's past.

Biographie:
Charles M. Good, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Geography at Virginia Tech, where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses on Africa South of the Sahara, cultural geography, medical and health geography, and American immigration. Good received his B.A. from the College of New Jersey and A.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. He was Visiting Professor and Research Associate in the Department of Community Health at the University of Nairobi, and a Takemi Fellow in International Health at Harvard School of Public Health. He has conducted field research in four African countries and authored five books focused on rural markets, ethnomedical systems, primary health care, and colonial medicine. He is also the author of a self-published photo essay on the American cultural landscape. He has lived in Virginia's Montgomery County his home for the past fifty years.