| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index. |
| Contents |
"To plant in towns" : Charles Towne at the founding of Carolina -- "A floating market" : commercial growth, urban growth -- "Stupendous works" : building urban dynamism into the Low country -- Urban households, economic opportunity, and social structure -- Criminal pleasures and charitable deeds : town and culture -- "A very essential service to this community" : the politics of the town. |
| Summary |
In the colonial era, Charleston, South Carolina, was the largest city in the American South. From 1700 to 1775 its growth rate was exceeded in the New World only by that of Philadelphia. The first comprehensive study of this crucial colonial center, Building Charleston charts the rise of one of early America's great cities, revealing its importance to the evolution of both South Carolina and the British Atlantic world during the eighteenth century. --from publisher description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
City planning -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.
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City planning. |
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South Carolina -- Charleston. |
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History. |
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Charleston (S.C.) -- Economic conditions.
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Charleston (S.C.) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hart, Emma, 1972- Building Charleston. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010 9780813928678 (DLC) 2009022222 (OCoLC)401713663 |
| ISBN |
9780813928692 (electronic book) |
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0813928699 (electronic book) |
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9780813928678 |
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0813928672 |
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