Intellectual Life in the Colonial South, 1585-1763

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National Book Award (Winner – History – 1979)

Charles S. Sydnor Award (1980)

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Genres: Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS: 975.01 — History & geography History of North America Southeastern United States (South Atlantic states) 0000-1620: Pre-Contact (Indigenous Southeast)
LCC: F212 .D28 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history The South. South Atlantic States

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