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

Author/creator Butler, Christina R. author.
Format Electronic
PublicationColumbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2020]
Description1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations, maps
Supplemental ContentEbook Central
Subjects

Contents 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.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 13, 2020).
Issued in other formPrint version: Butler, Christina R. (Christina Rae). Lowcountry at high tide Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2020] 9781643360621
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2019052174
ISBN9781643360638 electronic book
ISBN1643360639 electronic book
ISBNhardcover
Stock number22573/ctvrxt8gb JSTOR

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