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portada Lowcountry at High Tide: A History of Flooding, Drainage, and Reclamation in Charleston, South Carolina (en Inglés)
Formato
Libro Físico
Idioma
Inglés
N° páginas
288
Encuadernación
Tapa Blanda
Dimensiones
24.4 x 18.3 x 3.3 cm
Peso
0.52 kg.
ISBN13
9781643364193

Lowcountry at High Tide: A History of Flooding, Drainage, and Reclamation in Charleston, South Carolina (en Inglés)

Christina Rae Butler (Autor) · University of South Carolina Press · Tapa Blanda

Lowcountry at High Tide: A History of Flooding, Drainage, and Reclamation in Charleston, South Carolina (en Inglés) - Butler, Christina Rae

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2020 George C. Rogers Jr. Award Finalist, best book of South Carolina history - A study of Charleston's topographic evolution, its history of flooding, and efforts to keep residents dry and safeThe signs are there: our coastal cities are increasingly susceptible to flooding as the climate changes. Charleston, South Carolina, is no exception, and is one of the American cities most vulnerable to rising sea levels. Lowcountry at High Tide is the first book to deal with the topographic evolution of Charleston, its history of flooding from the seventeenth century to the present, and the efforts made to keep its populace high and dry, as well as safe and healthy.For centuries residents have made many attempts, both public and private, to manipulate the landscape of the low-lying peninsula on which Charleston sits, surrounded by wetlands, to maximize drainage, and thus buildable land and to facilitate sanitation. Christina Butler uses three hundred years of archival records to show not only the alterations to the landscape past and present, but also the impact those efforts have had on the residents at various socio-economic levels throughout its history.Wide-ranging and thorough, Lowcountry at High Tide goes beyond the documentation of reclamation and filling and offers a look into the life and the history of Charleston and how its people have been affected by its unique environment, as well as examining the responses of the city over time to the needs of the populace. Butler considers interdisciplinary topics from engineering to public health, infrastructure to class struggle, and urban planning to civic responsibility in a study that is not only invaluable to the people of Charleston, but for any coastal city grappling with environmental change.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.

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