The Plantations of Colonial South Carolina: Transmission and Transformation in Provincial Culture

Publication

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2008.002.0209

Description

Doctoral dissertation (Columbia University) that presents a survey of the vernacular architecture of South Carolina during the Colonial period; the chronological history of SC plantation architecture; a detailed account of materials and building technology; a discussion of designers and the design process; an examination of the transmission and transformation of four selected architectural features (porch towers, pediments, piazzas, central halls); a study of town and country lifestyle and its relation to European tradition; and a historiography and definitions of "provincialism" and associated concepts. xv, 614 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. (softcover)

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2008.002.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2008)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Dissertation

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Thesis

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Literary Works

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Architecture--South Carolina, Architecture, Colonial--South Carolina, Plantations--South Carolina--History

Publication Details

Author

Smith, Shelley, 1956-

Publisher

UMI Dissertation Services

Date Published

1999

Call No.

NA730 .S8 S65 1999

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Library

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Shelley E. Smith. Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-448). Status: Shelf

Created By

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Create Date

September 11, 2008

Updated By

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Update Date

July 18, 2016