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Lowcountry at high tide : a history of flooding, drainage, and reclamation in Charleston, South Carolina /

Illustrated with historical maps, plats, and photographs and organized chronologically and thematically within chapters, Lowcountry at High Tide offers a unique look at how Charleston has kept--and may continue to keep--the ocean at bay.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Butler, Christina R. (Christina Rae) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2020]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Colonial Charlestown
  • The federal era and the incorporation of Charleston
  • Increased activity and antebellum filling
  • War, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow : 1860 to 1900
  • Early twentieth-century progress
  • Between two World Wars
  • Modern Charleston emerges : World War II to the 1960s
  • Filling activities draw to a close : 1960s to the twenty-first century
  • Implications of the past, current issues, and improvement initiatives.