The shell builders : tabby architecture of Beaufort, South Carolina, and the Sea Islands /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brooker, Colin (Author)
Other Authors:	Rowland, Lawrence Sanders (writer of foreword.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Tabby (Concrete) > History. Architecture > South Carolina > Beaufort > History. Architecture and society > Sea Islands > History. Concrete construction > Materials. Oyster shell. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Old World Antecedents and Their Diffusion
Tabby in Military Building of the Southeast Atlantic Coast
Tabby Making: Materials and Fabrication
Tabby Construction Details and Operational Procedures
Tabby Brick, Wattle and Daub, and Cements
Tabby Building in Beaufort Town, South Carolina
Tabby in the Domestic Architecture of the Sea Islands before the American Revolution
Slave Dwellings, Settlements, and the Quest for Rural Improvement
Workplaces and Gardens: Processing and Storage Facilities
Chapels and Cemeteries
Epilogue: A Legacy of the Loyalists? Tabby in the Bahamas.