The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790
โ Scribed by Rhys Isaac
- Publisher
- Institute of Early American History and Culture / UNC Press
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 492
- Edition
- pbk (5th printing)
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
In this Pulitzer Prize-winning 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.
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