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Author Butler, Christina R. (Christina Rae), author.

Title Lowcountry at high tide : a history of flooding, drainage, and reclamation in Charleston, South Carolina / Christina Rae Butler
Published Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 276 pages) : illustrations, maps
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
Summary 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 Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 13, 2020)
Subject Flood control -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
Reclamation of land -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
Drainage -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
Fills (Earthwork) -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
Coastal zone management -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
City planning -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
City planning
Coastal zone management
Drainage
Fills (Earthwork)
Flood control
Historical geography
Reclamation of land
FLOOD CONTROL.
DRAINAGE.
SUBJECT Charleston (S.C.) -- Historical geography
Subject South Carolina -- Charleston
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019052174
ISBN 9781643360638
1643360639