South Carolina: A History

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Univ of South Carolina Press, 1998 - 716 sivua

The authoritative source for the Palmetto State's dramatic history

In this comprehensive history of South Carolina, Walter Edgar presents a sweeping chronicle of a state with an illustrious, sometimes infamous, past. He describes in very human terms 475 years of recorded history in the Palmetto State, including the experiences of all South Carolinians--those with roots in Africa and in Europe as well as Native Americans; male and female; rich and poor. In an eminently readable presentation, Edgar uses letters, diaries, and other writings to let voices from the past take part in telling the state's fascinating story.

Recounting the period from the first Spanish exploration to the end of the Civil War, Edgar charts South Carolina's rising national and international prominence and its parallel economic ascendancy. He dispels myths about the state's early history--including the notion that the colony was inhabited by a homogeneous white population--and tells how South Carolina developed an agricultural economy that relied heavily on African American slave labor. Edgar examines, among other topics, the impact of the American revolution, Charleston's significance as a metropolis and major seaport, and the state's leadership in the Secession movement.

With changes wrought by the Civil War, South Carolina slipped from national prominence into a period marked by economic, social, civil, and political strife. Edgar details the everyday life of blacks and whites during Reconstruction, the state's mixed efforts to join the "New South," and Benjamin Ryan Tillman's rise to power. He also chronicles South Carolina's changing politics in the once-solid South, the state's reawakening after World War II, the casualties and victories of an extended civil rights struggle, and the Palmetto State's present economic, educational, and political challenges.

 

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Chapter
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Chapter
21
Chapter Three
35
Chapter Five
63
Chapter
82
Chapter Seven
109
Chapter Eight
131
Chapter Nine
155
Chapter Fifteen
324
Chapter Sixteen
354
Chapter Seventeen
377
Chapter Eighteen
407
Chapter Nineteen
430
Chapter Twenty
453
Chapter TwentyOne
483
Chapter TwentyTwo
512

Chapter
204
Chapter Eleven
226
Chapter Twelve
245
Chapter Thirteen
265
Chapter Fourteen
288
Chapter TwentyThree
553
Notes
587
Selected Bibliography
681
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Walter Edgar is emeritus professor of history at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and the author or editor of more than a dozen books about the Palmetto State, including The South Carolina Encyclopedia. He is the host of Walter Edgar's Journal and South Carolina from A to Z on SCETV Radio. In 2008 he was inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame.

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