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The shell builders : tabby architecture of Beaufort, South Carolina, and the Sea Islands /
"Beaufort, South Carolina, is well known for its historical architecture, but perhaps none is quite as remarkable as those edifices formed by tabby, sometimes called coastal concrete, comprising a mixture of lime, sand, water, and oyster shells. Tabby itself has a storied history stretching bac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbia, South Carolina :
University of South Carolina Press,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Old World Antecedents and Their Diffusion
- Tabby in Military Building of the Southeast Atlantic Coast
- Tabby Making: Materials and Fabrication
- Tabby Construction Details and Operational Procedures
- Tabby Brick, Wattle and Daub, and Cements
- Tabby Building in Beaufort Town, South Carolina
- Tabby in the Domestic Architecture of the Sea Islands before the American Revolution
- Slave Dwellings, Settlements, and the Quest for Rural Improvement
- Workplaces and Gardens: Processing and Storage Facilities
- Chapels and Cemeteries
- Epilogue: A Legacy of the Loyalists? Tabby in the Bahamas.