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Charleston and the emergence of middle-class culture in the revolutionary era /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goloboy, Jennifer L. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2016.
Series:Early American places.
Subjects:
Charleston (S.C.) > Social conditions > 18th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Middle class > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 18th century.
Middle class > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 19th century.
Charleston (S.C.) > History > 1775-1865.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • "Very humble servants": colonial merchants and the limits of middle-class power
  • The revolution, John Wilkes, and middle-class mob rule
  • City of knavery: trade before the War of 1812
  • Friendship and sympathy, family and stability
  • The War of 1812 and commercial disaster
  • Mercantile professionalism and Charleston as a cotton port.