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The Shadow of a Dream : Economic Life and Death in the South Carolina Low Country, 1670-1920.

This important new book charts the economic and social rise and fall of a small, but intriguing part of the American South: Charleston and the surrounding South Carolina low country. Spanning 250 years, Coclanis's study analyzes the interaction of both external and internal forces on the cityan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Coclanis, Peter A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Introduction: The Sociology of Architecture in Colonial Charleston; 1. The Carolina Venture in Economic Context; 2. Mise en Scène; 3. The Economic Rise of the South Carolina Low Country; 4. "Lay dis body down": The Economic Demise of the Low Country; Epilogue; Appendix: Demographic Perspectives on Eighteenth-Century Charleston; I-A. Seasonal Mortality in Charleston and Boston During the First Half of the Eighteenth Century; I-B. Recorded Burials, Baptisms, and Births, Parish of St. Philip's Charleston 1720-1750; I-C. White Family Structure in Charleston, Bridgetown, and Bristol.
  • I-D. An Estimate of the Crude Death Rate for the White Population of Charleston 1722-1732Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.