The Shadow of a Dream
Author | : Peter A. Coclanis |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 1991 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195072679 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195072677 |
Rating | : 4/5 (677 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Shadow of a Dream by : Peter A. Coclanis
Download or read book The Shadow of a Dream written by Peter A. Coclanis and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coclanis here charts the economic and social rise and fall of a small, but intriguing part of the American South: Charleston and the surrounding South Carolina low country. Spanning 250 years, his study analyzes the interaction of both external and internal forces on the city and countryside, examining the effect of various factors on the region's economy from its colonial beginnings to its collapse in the 19th and early 20th centuries.