Profits and politics in paradise : the development of Hilton Head Island /

Just north of where the Savannah River flows into the Atlantic lies an idyllic stretch of beach, marsh, and forest known as Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. In the 1950s, Charles Fraser transformed this almost forgotten barrier island into one of America's premier vacation destinations and,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Danielson, Michael N.
Otros Autores: Danielson, Patricia R. F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, ©1995.
Temas:
Planned communities > South Carolina > Sea Pines Plantation > History.
Planned communities > South Carolina > Hilton Head Island > History.
City planning > South Carolina > Sea Pines Plantation > History.
Retirement communities > South Carolina > Hilton Head Island > History.
Recreation areas > South Carolina > Hilton Head Island > History.
Resorts > South Carolina > Hilton Head Island > History.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
City planning
Planned communities
Recreation areas
Resorts
Retirement communities
Recreatiewoningen.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Communities - Urban Groups.
Hilton Head Island (S.C.) > History.
Sea Pines Plantation (Hilton Head, S.C.) > History.
Hilton Head, Île (Car. du S.) > Histoire.
South Carolina > Hilton Head Island
South Carolina > Sea Pines Plantation (Hilton Head Island)
Hilton Head.
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ripe for development
  • Uncommon vision
  • Developing Sea Pines plantation
  • Beyond the Sea Pines gates
  • Benevolent dictators
  • Plantations and people
  • Growing pains
  • Across the bridge
  • In their own hands
  • Second fall of the plantations
  • A friend in court
  • The new Hilton Head
  • Preserving paradise
  • Private and public communities.

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