The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790
The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790 won the Pulitzer Prize. In this book, Rhys Isaac describes and analyzes the dramatic confrontations — primarily religious and political — that transformed Virginia in the second half of the eighteenth century. Making use of the observational techniques of the cultural anthropologist, Isaac vividly recreates and painstakingly dissects a society in the turmoil of profound inner change.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- UNC Press Books
- Year
- 2012
- ISBN-13
- 9780807838600
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Colonial Virginia societyReligious and political change18th-century American culture
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryWonMajor(1983)
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