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The transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 / by Rhys Isaac.
LIBRA F229 .I8 1982
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isaac, Rhys.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization.
- Virginia--Social life and customs--To 1775.
- Virginia.
- Manners and customs.
- Virginia--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 451 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, VA., by University of North Carolina Press, [1982]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 080781489X
- OCLC:
- 7554245
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