The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This study describes and analyzes the dramatic confrontations! primarily religious and political! that transformed Virginia in the second half of the 18th century.

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• Authors: Rhys Isaac, Rhys L. Isaac, Omohundro Institute of Early American Hi
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.1999
• EAN: 9780807848142
• ISBN: 978-0-8078-4814-2
• No. of pages: 462
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Published for the Omohundro In; Published by the Omohundro Ins
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous