Bøger af Warren M. Billings

Between 1632 and 1748, Virginia's General Assembly revised the colony's statutes seven times. Warren Billings presents a series of snapshots that depict the revisions of the corpus juris the General Assembly undertook. In so doing, he highlights the good, the corrupt, and the loathsome applications of legislative authority in the colonial era.

Sir William Berkeley (1605-1677) influenced colonial Virginia more than any other man of his era, diversifying Virginia's trade with international markets, serving as a model for the planter aristocracy, and helping to establish American self-rule. In this biography, Warren Billings offers the first full-scale treatment of Berkeley's life.