Building Charleston: Town and Society in the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic World

Name/Title

Building Charleston: Town and Society in the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic World

Entry/Object ID

2010.004.06

Description

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 Library

Acquisition

Accession

2010.004.

Source or Donor

New Library Books Purchased (2010)

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Credit Line

Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund Purchase

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

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. 1600-1775

Book Details

Author

Hart, Emma, 1972-

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Place Published

Location

Charlottesville, VA

Date Published

2010

Call No.

HT168 .C453 H37 2010

ISBN

9780813928678

LCCN

2009022222

Notes

Copy No.: 2

Location

Location

Shelf

Hall Bookshelf

Building

NRH Research Room

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Checked Out

Date

September 27, 2010

Notes

Notes: Winslow

Location

Building

NR Docent Library

Category

Permanent

Location

Room

Curator's Office

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Category

Permanent
Missing

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Emma Hart. Includes bibliographical references and index. Changed location from NRH Docent Library to Curator's office; heavily used for research.

Created By

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Create Date

September 27, 2010

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 5, 2023