There were several change drivers that affected the economic development strategies of the period. The more important dynamics included: (1) settlement of the Piedmont by
Category: Development of Tidewater Elite & Populist Cultures
4. Planter Oligopoly Takes Over County, Infiltrates Colony-Level Policy System, and Infuses Political Structures with its Values and Self-Interest: a closed Elite System
It is not often we witness the birth of a political culture by a political entrepreneur. When William Berkeley came to Virginia in 1642 and
3. Virginia: Governor William Berkeley: Virginia’s First Economic Developer Imports a Political Culture
Berkeley was a true “cavalier”, a junior member of the British aristocracy, with a heritage that extended to William the Conqueror. In England, the Berkeley
1. Intro; Concepts: Migration-Political Culture, ED Strategy, Virginia Colonial Policy System Overview: Why Virginia is Different
Starting with Virginia Virginia was the first “formal” English/British colony in North America. Chronologically it is the province that should be initially considered since the
7.6 America’s First Primary EDO: the Public/Private State-Chartered Corporation
NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN AND MIGHT BE SUPERFLUOUS OR INCORPORATED INTO ONE OR SEVERAL MODULES Nation/State-Building and ED-Relevant Institutionalization through 1837 During that time period when
2.0 Virginia: Migrations, Culture and Policy Systems to 1800:
Migration-Political Culture, Colonial Policy System & Land Development–Pre Revolutionary War Virginia: Culture: Prime Driver of ED, Concepts, Importance and Implications: Bernard Bailyn described four “circuits”
Ron W. Coan 