Name/Title
The Ashley Cooper Plan: The Founding of Carolina and the Origins of Southern Political CultureEntry/Object ID
2016.004.1Description
Connects Anthony Ashley Cooper (the First Earl of Shaftesbury) and John Locke's 17th-century vision of well-ordered society to the design of cities in the Province of Carolina to current debates about the relationship about climate change, sustainable development, urbanity, and the place of expertise in general. Focuses on the ways in which political culture, ideology, and governing structures have shaped political acts and public policy and illuminates one of the fundamental paradoxes of American history: although the Ashley Cooper Plan was a model of rational planning, its utopian qualities were soon undermined by the lure of profits to be had from slaveholding.
Contents: Prologue (America: a blank slate for English utopianism) -- Carolina: the first planned colony -- The Carolina grand model -- The grand model and frontier reality -- The grand model and the genesis of Southern political culture -- The grand model and the American city -- Epilogue (Political culture and the future of the city)
xiv, 305 pages ; 24 cm. (softcover)Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2016.004Source or Donor
New Library Books Purchased (2016)Acquisition Method
PurchasedCredit Line
Restricted Book/Archives Acquisition Fund PurchaseLexicon
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BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Political culture--Southern States--History, City and town life--Southern States, City planning--Southern States--History, South Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, North Carolina--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Southern States--Politics and government--To 1775, Southern States--Social conditions, Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683Book Details
Author
Wilson, Thomas D.Publisher
University of North Carolina PressCall No.
F272 .W76 2016ISBN
9781469626284Notes
Date: [2016]
Copy No.: 1Location
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PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By Thomas D. Wilson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.Created By
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April 5, 2023