A Golden Haze of Memory: The Making of Historic Charleston

Name/Title

A Golden Haze of Memory: The Making of Historic Charleston

Entry/Object ID

2007.009.1

Description

A look back to and critique of the crucial period between 1920 and 1940 when local [white] leaders developed Charleston's trademark image as "America's Most Historic City," and translated their selective personal, familial, and class memories into a collective identity for the city. Yuhl posits that while these individuals created a vibrant network of artists and organizations and nurtured architectural preservation and tourism, they at the same time appropriated African American folk culture and presented a sanitized version of history. Chapters include: A golden haze of memory and association : the creation of a historic Charleston landscape -- The legend is truer than the fact : artistic representations of race, time, and place -- History touches legend in Charleston : the literary packaging of America’s most historic city -- Here came remembrance : staging race and performing the past -- Where mellow past and present meet : selling history by the sea. xii, 285 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.; softcover

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2007.009.

Source or Donor

Katherine Saunders

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Katherine Saunders

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

United States Local History, South Carolina, Charleston, Historic preservation--Social aspects--South Carolina--Charleston--20th century, Historic preservation--Political aspects--South Carolina--Charleston--20th century, Historic sites--South Carolina--Charleston, Memory--Social aspects--South Carolina--Charleston, Charleston (S.C.)--Politics and government--20th century, Charleston (S.C.)--Cultural policy, Charleston (S.C.)--Intellectual life, Charleston (S.C.)--Race relations

Book Details

Author

Yuhl, Stephanie E.

Publisher

University of North Carolina Press

Place Published

Location

Chapel Hill, NC

Date Published

2005

Call No.

F279 .C447 Y84 2005

ISBN

0807855995

LCCN

2004025292

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Checked Out

Moved By

Winslow Hastie

Date

October 13, 2020

Location

Building

Checked Out

Notes

Notes: Katherine

General Notes

Note

Notes: Description xii, 285 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. Note "Organizational Memberships and Select Authorship of Major White Cultural Leaders in Charleston, 1920-1940": p. [195]-197. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-278) and index. Contents A golden haze of memory and association : the creation of a historic Charleston landscape -- The legend is truer than the fact : artistic representations of race, time, and place -- History touches legend in Charleston : the literary packaging of America's most historic city -- Here came remembrance : staging race and performing the past -- Where mellow past and present meet : selling history by the sea. Subject Historic preservation -- Social aspects -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century. Historic preservation -- Political aspects -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 20th century. Historic sites -- South Carolina -- Charleston. Memory -- Social aspects -- South Carolina -- Charleston. Whites -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Politics and government -- 20th century. Group identity -- South Carolina -- Charleston. Charleston (S.C.) -- Cultural policy. Charleston (S.C.) -- Intellectual life. Charleston (S.C.) -- Race relations.

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Create Date

May 17, 2007

Updated By

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Update Date

February 25, 2021