The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790

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The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790
File:The Transformation of Virginia 1740-1790 book cover.jpg
Author	Rhys Isaac
Country	United States
Genre	history
Publisher	University of North Carolina Press
Publication date	1982
Pages	462
Awards	Pulitzer Prize for History
ISBN	978-0807848142

The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790 is a 1982 nonfiction book by Australian historian Rhys Isaac, published by University of North Carolina Press. The book chronicles the religious and political changes over a half-century of Virginian history, particularly the shift from "the great cultural metaphor of patriarchy" to a greater emphasis on communalism.^[1]

The Transformation of Virginia was awarded the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for History.^[1]

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