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Author Hart, Emma, 1972-

Title Building Charleston [electronic resource] : town and society in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic world / Emma Hart.

Imprint Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 274 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject City planning -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.
Charleston (S.C.) -- Economic conditions.
Charleston (S.C.) -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813928678 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0813928672 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0813928699 (electronic bk.)
9780813928692 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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