Charleston and Savannah by Thomas D Wilson

Charleston and Savannah by Thomas D Wilson

Offers a comprehensive history of Charleston and Savannah in a single volume, weaving together the influences and parallels of their intrinsic stories. Thomas Wilson charts the ebb and flow of the progress and development of the cities using various through lines running within each chapter, constructing an overall character assessment of each.

Thomas DWilson is thoughtful on the impacts of preservation movements and the outside impact of tourism in Charleston and Savannah. These two cities, which are important examples of historic preservation and, more recently, contests over race and class in historical tourism and memory, certainly merit attention.

-- Jonathan Mercantini * author of The Stamp Act Crisis: Taxation. Authority and the American Revolution *

Charleston and Savannah is the logical conclusion of a trilogy of two well-respected books by Thomas D. Wilson. It compares the development of the two cities beyond the colonial period into the present day and examines issues of design, trade, slavery, industry, transportation, education, tourism, culture, etc. It will appeal to historians of many stripes (southern, social, urban, etc.), historical geographers, city planners, or anyone interested in these two historic cities.

-- Christopher E. Hendricks * author of The Backcountry Towns of Colonial Virginia *

A deeply reasoned and serious work, full of analyses and epiphanies, truly a must-read for those interested in the souls, psyches and salvations of each place. . . . The book is a tribute, a love song, a corrective and a wake-up call to two of American’s most distinctive cities, written with the hope that they can keep their uniqueness and character and not be lost to history.

-- Harlan Greene * The Post and Courier *

Wilson utilizes quantitative and qualitative methods in his analyses and examines various aspects of the cities’ evolution, such as landscape, demographics, city planning, economies, and weather. Well-written and thorough, this work will certainly appeal to historians, geographers, city planners, architects, and tourists looking to deepen their knowledge of these two distinctive Southern cities.

-- Adam Townes * Georgia Library Quarterly *

In the tradition of Lewis Mumford, he makes a serious attempt to explain more than three centuries of urban history, from the English colonial founders, through development as seaports, exploitation of surrounding land as plantations, industrial growth and stagnation, up to current issues of preservation and social inequality.

* Rivanna Review *

Wilson’s primary audiences, historically-minded urban planners and activists, as he well understands, need to look both backward and forward to analyze and meet the complex challenges facing these two prominent Lowcountry cities. In these thoughtful chapters, he shows them how to do so.

-- Marissa Jenrich * Civil War Book Review *

THOMAS D. WILSON is a planner, author, and independent scholar who lives near Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of The Oglethorpe Plan: Enlightenment Design in Savannah and Beyond and The Ashley Cooper Plan: The Founding of Carolina and the Origins of Southern Political Culture.

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ISBN 13	9780820363219
ISBN 10	0820363219
Titel	Charleston and Savannah
Autor	Thomas D Wilson
Serie	Wormsloe Foundation Publications
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	University of Georgia Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2023-02-01
Seitenanzahl	360
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