Building Charleston : town and society in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic world /

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In the colonial era, Charleston, South Carolina, was the largest city in the American South. From 1700 to 1775 its growth rate was exceeded in the New World only by that of Philadelphia. The first comprehensive study of this crucial colonial center, Building Charleston charts the rise of one of earl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hart, Emma, 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
Subjects:
City planning > South Carolina > Charleston > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
City planning
Economic history
Social conditions
Charleston (S.C.) > Economic conditions.
Charleston (S.C.) > Social conditions.
South Carolina > Charleston
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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