Kevin R. C. Gutzman is associate professor of history at Western Connecticut State University.

In recent years, Kevin Gutzman has earned rank as one of our finest young historians of the American Founding. In Virginia's American Revolution, he calls attention to 'the old reality of American political life that the state was the primary unit of political allegiance, the chief locus of political identity, and the level at which most significant political questions were decided in the Early Republic.' Pursuing the history of the most important of the first thirteen states in light of this neglected truth, Gutzman provides a new and valuable perspective on our origins.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Chapter 1. Establishing a RepublicChapter 3 Chapter 2. Implementing the Revolution, 1776-1788Chapter 4 Chapter 3. The Virginia Ratification Convention of 1788Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Defending Virginia's Revolution against the FederalistsChapter 6 Chapter 5. "May All Your Dreams Come True"Chapter 7 Chapter 6. "Like Dust and Ashes"Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Road from Southampton

Kevin R. C. Gutzman is associate professor of history at Western Connecticut State University.

In recent years, Kevin Gutzman has earned rank as one of our finest young historians of the American Founding. In Virginia's American Revolution, he calls attention to 'the old reality of American political life that the state was the primary unit of political allegiance, the chief locus of political identity, and the level at which most significant political questions were decided in the Early Republic.' Pursuing the history of the most important of the first thirteen states in light of this neglected truth, Gutzman provides a new and valuable perspective on our origins.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Chapter 1. Establishing a RepublicChapter 3 Chapter 2. Implementing the Revolution, 1776-1788Chapter 4 Chapter 3. The Virginia Ratification Convention of 1788Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Defending Virginia's Revolution against the FederalistsChapter 6 Chapter 5. "May All Your Dreams Come True"Chapter 7 Chapter 6. "Like Dust and Ashes"Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Road from Southampton