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.
#367965 in Books The University of North Carolina Press 1988-12-09Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x 1.26 x 5.98l; 1.84 #File Name: 080784232X563 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. If you are a history buff of the American South ...By N. MillerIf you are a history buff of the American South; or someone interested in racial and gender roles; this is the book for you. It is filled with original source material and powerfully conveys the complex and intermixed relations in the plantation household. This book undermines the stereotypes which have tended to dominate popular conceits about the South and Southern women's lives; both black and white.39 of 44 people found the following review helpful. Scholarly and EnlighteningBy Robert W. KellemenElizabeth Fox-Genovese has produced a very scholarly and enlightening examination of women of the old South. In vivid detailed with painstaking research; she presents the daily lives of women; black and white; within the plantation household. Though written from an academic perspective; the author has succeeded in presenting her research in an entertaining and even captivating narrative style. For those looking for the behind the scenes lifestyle of unknown women of the South; this is the one book of choice.Reviewer: Bob Kellemen; Ph.D.; is the author of "Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction." He has also authored "Soul Physicians;" "Spiritual Friends;" and the forthcoming "Sacred Friendships: Listening to the Voices of Women Soul Care-Givers and Spiritual Directors."21 of 24 people found the following review helpful. Scholarly but never stuffyBy Page TurnerAn absolutely excellent study of of the relationship between slave-owner and the enslaved. The book struck me a college-level treatise but is easily read and enjoyable even for the casual reader. Tremendous details of both black and white lives in the pre-Civil War era. Highly recommend to anyone interested in life in the south during that period.
