Title Lowcountry at high tide : a history of flooding, drainage, and reclamation in Charleston, South Carolina / Christina Rae Butler.

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Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2020]

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Description	1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations, maps
	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Colonial Charlestown -- The federal era and the incorporation of Charleston -- Increased activity and antebellum filling -- War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow : 1860 to 1900 -- Early twentieth-century progress -- Between two World Wars -- Modern Charleston emerges : World War II to the 1960s -- Filling activities draw to a close : 1960s to the twenty-first century -- Implications of the past, current issues, and improvement initiatives.
Summary	Illustrated with historical maps, plats, and photographs and organized chronologically and thematically within chapters, Lowcountry at High Tide offers a unique look at how Charleston has kept--and may continue to keep--the ocean at bay.
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Subject	Flood control -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.
	Flood control.
	South Carolina -- Charleston.
	History.
	Reclamation of land -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.
	Reclamation of land.
	Drainage -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.
	Drainage.
	Fills (Earthwork) -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.
	Fills (Earthwork)
	Coastal zone management -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.
	Coastal zone management.
	City planning -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.
	City planning.
	Charleston (S.C.) -- Historical geography.
	NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
	Historical geography.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Butler, Christina R. (Christina Rae). Lowcountry at high tide Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2020] 9781643360621 (DLC) 2019052173
ISBN	9781643360638 electronic book
	1643360639 electronic book
	9781643360621 hardcover

Title Lowcountry at high tide : a history of flooding, drainage, and reclamation in Charleston, South Carolina / Christina Rae Butler.

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