A New Plantation World: Sporting Estates in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1900-1940

by Daniel J Vivian and Daniel J. Vivian

Book Overview

In the era between the world wars, wealthy sportsmen and sportswomen created more than seventy large estates in the coastal region of South Carolina. By retaining select features from earlier periods and adding new buildings and landscapes, wealthy sporting enthusiasts created a new type of plantation. In the process, they changed the meaning of the word 'plantation', with profound implications for historical memory of slavery and contemporary views...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108403425
• ISBN13: 9781108403429
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"