The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Colonial Period (1600-1775)
| Author: | Rhys Isaac | ISBN: | 9780807838600 |
| Publisher: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press | Publication: | December 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Rhys Isaac |
| ISBN: | 9780807838600 |
| Publisher: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press |
| Publication: | December 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
