Warren R Hofstra
Biographic Data
| ID | 964994 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Warren R Hofstra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Warren R |
| FAMILY NAME | Hofstra |
| SIGNATURE | HOFSTRA W R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shenandoah University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War
James Corbett David. Dunmore's New World: The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America—with Jacobites, Counterfeiters, Land Schemes, Shipwrecks, Scalping, Indian Politics, Runaw…
One of the great challenges for historians of early America and the American Revolution has been to comprehend and interpret the careers and character of British royal governors as they would have seen themselves and been seen by others. These men enter the American story only in brief stints, as imperial officials often appreciated only for the conflicts they engendered between crown and colony, or for the extent to which they represented Americ…
Virginia Schools in the Great Depression, http: Www.vaschools.history.vt.edu
A single question drives this Web site: How did the Great Depression affect public schools in Virginia? Virginia Schools in the Great Depression invites visitors to explore the period from various viewpoints and through diverse sources. Although intended for teachers and students, it will appeal to anyone interested in the history of education in Virginia, the consequences of the Great Depression for ordinary people, the influence of public opini…
Cultures in Conflict: The Seven Years' War in North America
The Seven Years' War (1754–1763) was a pivotal event in the history of the Atlantic world. Perspectives on the significance of the war and its aftermath varied considerably from different cultural vantage points. Northern and western Indians, European imperial authorities, and their colonial counterparts understood and experienced the war (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in various ways. In many instances the progress of …
Cultures in conflict: The Seven Years' War in North America
Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: Old Forts, New Perspectives-Thoughts on the Seven Years' War and Its Significance Chapter 2: British Culture and the Changing Character of the Mid-Eighteenth-Century British Empire Chapter 3: Great Power Confrontation or Clash of Cultures? France's War against Britain and Its Antecedents Chapter 4: War, Diplomacy, and Culture: The Iroquois Experience in the Seven Years' War Chapter 5: Declaring Independence: The O…
The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 And the Transformation of North America
In this superb volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series, Colin Calloway reveals how the Treaty of Paris of 1763 had a profound effect on American history, setting in motion a cascade of unexpected consequences, as Indians and Europeans, settlers and frontiersmen, all struggled to adapt to new boundaries, new alignments, and new relationships. Britain now possessed a vast American empire stretching from Canada to the Florida Keys, yet t…
Virginia Reconsidered: New Histories of the Old Dominior
The Planting of New Virginia: Settlement and landscape in the Shenandoah Valley
"In The Planting of New Virginia Warren R. Hofstra offers the first comprehensive geographical history of one of North America's most significant frontier areas. By examining the early landscape history of the Shenandoah Valley in its regional and global context, Hofstra sheds new light on social, economic, political, and intellectual developments that affected both the region and the entire North American Atlantic world."--Jacket
The Planting of New Virginia: Settlement and Landscape in the Shenandoah Valley
After the Backcountry: Rural Life in the Great Valley of Virginia, 1800-1900
A Separate Place: The Formation of Clarke County, Virginia
A Separate Place: The Formation of Clarke County, Virginia. By Warren R. Hofstra. (Madison: Madison House Publishers, 1999. Pp. xv, 128. Appendix. $19.95.) A Separate Place is fascinating but incomplete micro-study. Warren Hofstra offers close examination of the links between geography and politics as he traces the founding and division of Frederick County in western Virginia. Like most North American counties, Frederick County began as some line…
A Separate Place: The Formation of Clarke County, Virginia
George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry
Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 Part One Chapter 3 The Making of George Washington Chapter 4 Young Washington's Virginia: Opportunity in the Golden Age of a Planter Society Part 5 Part Two Chapter 6 Over the Hills and Far Away: George Washington and the Changing Virginia Backcountry Chapter 7 Parcel of Barbarian's and an Uncooth Set of People: Settlers and Settlements of the Shenandoah Valley Chapter 8 Engaged in Enterprises Pregnant with Terror: George…
Race, Memory, and the Death of Robert Berkeley: A Murder… of …Horible and Savage Barbarity
Deborah A. Lee, Warren R. Hofstra, Race, Memory, and the Death of Robert Berkeley: "A Murder... of...Horible and Savage Barbarity", The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Feb., 1999), pp. 41-76
George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry
George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry
The Extention of His Majesties Dominions: The Virginia Backcountry and the Reconfiguration of Imperial Frontiers
Journal Article “The Extention of His Majesties Dominions”: The Virginia Backcountry and the Reconfiguration of Imperial Frontiers Get access Warren R. Hofstra Warren R. Hofstra professor of history and director of the Community History Project Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 4, March 1998, Pages 1281–1312, https://…
How do settlement systems evolve? The Virginia backcountry during the eighteenth century
From Gentlemen to Townsmen: The Gentry of Baltimore County, Maryland 1660-1776
In the Absence of Towns: Settlement and Country Trade in Southside Virginia, 1730-1800
Journal Article In the Absence of Towns: Settlement and Country Trade in Southside Virginia, 1730–1800. By Charles J. Farmer. (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 1993. xiv, 208 pp. Cloth, $59.50, ISBN 0-8476-7795-8. Paper, $23.50, ISBN 0-8476-7796-6.) Get access Warren R. Hofstra Warren R. Hofstra Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 8…
Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth-Century America
In contrast to commonly held assumptions, 18th-century tools were often very sophisticated, and in the hands of skilled users, were very effective. This book describes woodcarving tools of the 18th and early 19th century as material objects and uses them to investigate life at that time
Town and Country in Backcountry Virginia: Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley, 1730-1800
Warren R. Hofstra, Robert D. Mitchell, Town and Country in Backcountry Virginia: Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley, 1730-1800, The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 59, No. 4 (Nov., 1993), pp. 619-646
The Extention of His Majesties Dominions: The Virginia Backcountry and the Reconfiguration of Imperial Frontiers
Journal Article “The Extention of His Majesties Dominions”: The Virginia Backcountry and the Reconfiguration of Imperial Frontiers Get access Warren R. Hofstra Warren R. Hofstra professor of history and director of the Community History Project Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 4, March 1998, Pages 1281–1312, https://…
How do settlement systems evolve? The Virginia backcountry during the eighteenth century
Town and Country in Backcountry Virginia: Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley, 1730-1800
Warren R. Hofstra, Robert D. Mitchell, Town and Country in Backcountry Virginia: Winchester and the Shenandoah Valley, 1730-1800, The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 59, No. 4 (Nov., 1993), pp. 619-646
How do settlement systems evolve? The Virginia backcountry during the eighteenth century
From Gentlemen to Townsmen: The Gentry of Baltimore County, Maryland 1660-1776
In the Absence of Towns: Settlement and Country Trade in Southside Virginia, 1730-1800
Journal Article In the Absence of Towns: Settlement and Country Trade in Southside Virginia, 1730–1800. By Charles J. Farmer. (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 1993. xiv, 208 pp. Cloth, $59.50, ISBN 0-8476-7795-8. Paper, $23.50, ISBN 0-8476-7796-6.) Get access Warren R. Hofstra Warren R. Hofstra Shenandoah University, Winchester, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 8…
Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth-Century America
In contrast to commonly held assumptions, 18th-century tools were often very sophisticated, and in the hands of skilled users, were very effective. This book describes woodcarving tools of the 18th and early 19th century as material objects and uses them to investigate life at that time
George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry
The Extention of His Majesties Dominions: The Virginia Backcountry and the Reconfiguration of Imperial Frontiers
Journal Article “The Extention of His Majesties Dominions”: The Virginia Backcountry and the Reconfiguration of Imperial Frontiers Get access Warren R. Hofstra Warren R. Hofstra professor of history and director of the Community History Project Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 84, Issue 4, March 1998, Pages 1281–1312, https://…
George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry
Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 Part One Chapter 3 The Making of George Washington Chapter 4 Young Washington's Virginia: Opportunity in the Golden Age of a Planter Society Part 5 Part Two Chapter 6 Over the Hills and Far Away: George Washington and the Changing Virginia Backcountry Chapter 7 Parcel of Barbarian's and an Uncooth Set of People: Settlers and Settlements of the Shenandoah Valley Chapter 8 Engaged in Enterprises Pregnant with Terror: George…
Race, Memory, and the Death of Robert Berkeley: A Murder… of …Horible and Savage Barbarity
Deborah A. Lee, Warren R. Hofstra, Race, Memory, and the Death of Robert Berkeley: "A Murder... of...Horible and Savage Barbarity", The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 65, No. 1 (Feb., 1999), pp. 41-76
George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry
A Separate Place: The Formation of Clarke County, Virginia
A Separate Place: The Formation of Clarke County, Virginia. By Warren R. Hofstra. (Madison: Madison House Publishers, 1999. Pp. xv, 128. Appendix. $19.95.) A Separate Place is fascinating but incomplete micro-study. Warren Hofstra offers close examination of the links between geography and politics as he traces the founding and division of Frederick County in western Virginia. Like most North American counties, Frederick County began as some line…
A Separate Place: The Formation of Clarke County, Virginia
After the Backcountry: Rural Life in the Great Valley of Virginia, 1800-1900
The Planting of New Virginia: Settlement and landscape in the Shenandoah Valley
"In The Planting of New Virginia Warren R. Hofstra offers the first comprehensive geographical history of one of North America's most significant frontier areas. By examining the early landscape history of the Shenandoah Valley in its regional and global context, Hofstra sheds new light on social, economic, political, and intellectual developments that affected both the region and the entire North American Atlantic world."--Jacket
The Planting of New Virginia: Settlement and Landscape in the Shenandoah Valley
Cultures in Conflict: The Seven Years' War in North America
The Seven Years' War (1754–1763) was a pivotal event in the history of the Atlantic world. Perspectives on the significance of the war and its aftermath varied considerably from different cultural vantage points. Northern and western Indians, European imperial authorities, and their colonial counterparts understood and experienced the war (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in various ways. In many instances the progress of …
Cultures in conflict: The Seven Years' War in North America
Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: Old Forts, New Perspectives-Thoughts on the Seven Years' War and Its Significance Chapter 2: British Culture and the Changing Character of the Mid-Eighteenth-Century British Empire Chapter 3: Great Power Confrontation or Clash of Cultures? France's War against Britain and Its Antecedents Chapter 4: War, Diplomacy, and Culture: The Iroquois Experience in the Seven Years' War Chapter 5: Declaring Independence: The O…
The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 And the Transformation of North America
In this superb volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series, Colin Calloway reveals how the Treaty of Paris of 1763 had a profound effect on American history, setting in motion a cascade of unexpected consequences, as Indians and Europeans, settlers and frontiersmen, all struggled to adapt to new boundaries, new alignments, and new relationships. Britain now possessed a vast American empire stretching from Canada to the Florida Keys, yet t…
Virginia Reconsidered: New Histories of the Old Dominior
Virginia Schools in the Great Depression, http: Www.vaschools.history.vt.edu
A single question drives this Web site: How did the Great Depression affect public schools in Virginia? Virginia Schools in the Great Depression invites visitors to explore the period from various viewpoints and through diverse sources. Although intended for teachers and students, it will appeal to anyone interested in the history of education in Virginia, the consequences of the Great Depression for ordinary people, the influence of public opini…
Mapping Virginia: From the Age of Exploration to the Civil War
James Corbett David. Dunmore's New World: The Extraordinary Life of a Royal Governor in Revolutionary America—with Jacobites, Counterfeiters, Land Schemes, Shipwrecks, Scalping, Indian Politics, Runaw…
One of the great challenges for historians of early America and the American Revolution has been to comprehend and interpret the careers and character of British royal governors as they would have seen themselves and been seen by others. These men enter the American story only in brief stints, as imperial officials often appreciated only for the conflicts they engendered between crown and colony, or for the extent to which they represented Americ…
History (17 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · History (15 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (10 works) · American History and Culture (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · West virginia (5 works) · Art history (4 works)