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The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790

Rhys L. Isaac

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.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryTopic Classifier: Reconstruction -> American HistoryReconstructionAmerican Civil WarSlavery & Emancipation

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor1983WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Virginia90%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The profound transformation of Virginia from 1740 to 1790 was driven chiefly by dramatic confrontations, primarily religious and political, that reshaped society in the later eighteenth century.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.