The politics of taste in antebellum Charleston / Maurie D. McInnis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McInnis, Maurie Dee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social classes--South Carolina--Charleston--History--19th century.

Social classes.

Aristocracy (Social class)--South Carolina--Charleston--History--19th century.

Aristocracy (Social class).

Plantation owners--South Carolina--Charleston--History--19th century.

Plantation owners.

Material culture--South Carolina--Charleston--History--19th century.

Material culture.

History.

Charleston (S.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Charleston (S.C.).

Charleston (S.C.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Charleston (S.C.)--Race relations--History--19th century.

Charleston (S.C.)--Politics and government--19th century.

South Carolina--Charleston.

Physical Description:

ix, 395 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2005]

Contents:

A bird's-eye view

A walking tour

The public landscape of racial control

Temples for posterity

Public art and politics

Ordering the backlot

The gothic revival

Life in the yard

A love of display.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-385) and index.

ISBN:

080782951X

OCLC:

57392004