The transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790
By: by Rhys Isaac.
Contributors: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.
Publisher: Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
Subjects: Virginia -- Civilization -- 18th century; Virginia -- Social life and customs -- To 1775; Virginia -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.