The Dooleys of Richmond
An Irish Immigrant Family in the Old and New South
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2017
University of Virginia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8139-3998-8 (ISBN)
University of Virginia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8139-3998-8 (ISBN)
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Presents the biography of a dynamic and philanthropic Dooley family – and Irish Catholic immigrant family who came to Virginia in the nineteenth century. The story of the Dooleys is a fascinating window on southern society and the people who shaped its grand and turbulent history.
The Dooleys of Richmond is the biography of a dynamic and philanthropic Irish Catholic immigrant family who came to Virginia in the nineteenth century. While most Irish Catholic immigrants of the period were poor and illiterate, John and Sarah Dooley possessed both sophistication and capital. He established a large hat manufacturing enterprise and became a leader in business, education, and politics in Virginia.
Mary Lynn Bayliss recounts the family’s fortunes during their prosperous antebellum years, John and his sons’ service in the Confederate army, John’s exploits as leader of the Richmond Ambulance Committee, and the loss of the entire Dooley retail and manufacturing operations during the final days of the Civil War. The Dooleys’ son James, a leading Richmond lawyer and philanthropist, devoted half a century to developing railroad networks across the United States and became a key figure in the industrialization of the New South. He and his wife, Sallie, built Maymont, the famed Gilded Age estate that remains a major attraction of Richmond. The story of the Dooleys is a fascinating window on southern society and the people who shaped its grand and turbulent history.
The Dooleys of Richmond is the biography of a dynamic and philanthropic Irish Catholic immigrant family who came to Virginia in the nineteenth century. While most Irish Catholic immigrants of the period were poor and illiterate, John and Sarah Dooley possessed both sophistication and capital. He established a large hat manufacturing enterprise and became a leader in business, education, and politics in Virginia.
Mary Lynn Bayliss recounts the family’s fortunes during their prosperous antebellum years, John and his sons’ service in the Confederate army, John’s exploits as leader of the Richmond Ambulance Committee, and the loss of the entire Dooley retail and manufacturing operations during the final days of the Civil War. The Dooleys’ son James, a leading Richmond lawyer and philanthropist, devoted half a century to developing railroad networks across the United States and became a key figure in the industrialization of the New South. He and his wife, Sallie, built Maymont, the famed Gilded Age estate that remains a major attraction of Richmond. The story of the Dooleys is a fascinating window on southern society and the people who shaped its grand and turbulent history.
Mary Lynn Bayliss, a writer and lecturer, has published work in Virginia Cavalcade, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Dictionary of Virginia Biography, and Encyclopedia Virginia.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.05.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 18 black & white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Charlottesville |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 225 mm |
| Gewicht | 597 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8139-3998-4 / 0813939984 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8139-3998-8 / 9780813939988 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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