| Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Isaac, Rhys (Author) |
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ISBN: 080784814X ISBN-13: 9780807848142 Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize in History, this book recreates and analyzes the dramatic political and religious confrontations that transformed Virginia in the second half of the eighteenth-century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
| Dewey: 975.502 |
| LCCN: 81010393 |
| Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.01" W x 7.93" (1.35 lbs) 492 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Virginia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Isaac, Rhys: - Rhys Isaac (1937-2010) was Distinguished Visiting Professor of History at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and Emeritus Professor of History at LaTrobe University in Australia. |