Name/Title
Building Charleston: Town and Society in the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic WorldEntry/Object ID
2010.004.04Description
Challenges the popular image of the pre-Revolutionary south as a society completely shaped by staple agriculture and places Charleston at the heart of a transatlantic process of urban development.
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.
xii, 274 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2010.004.Source or Donor
New Library Books Purchased (2010)Acquisition Method
PurchasedCredit Line
Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund PurchaseLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Communities, classes, races, Urban groups, cities, urban sociology, City planning--South Carolina--Charleston--History, City and town life--South Carolina--Charleston--History--18th century, Charleston (S.C.)--Economic conditions--18th century, Charleston (S.C.)--Social conditions--18th century, Charleston (S.C.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775Book Details
Author
Hart, Emma, 1972-Publisher
University of Virginia PressPlace Published
Location
Charlottesville, VADate Published
2010Call No.
HT168 .C453 H37 2010ISBN
9780813928678LCCN
2009022222Notes
Copy No.: 1Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Moved By
Katherine SaundersDate
January 8, 2013Moved By
WinslowDate
September 27, 2010Notes
Notes: WinslowGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: By Emma Hart.
Includes bibliographical references and index.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
June 4, 2010Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
April 5, 2023