James Island

Author : Carolyn Ackerly Bonstelle,Geordie Buxton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0738553476

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James Island by Carolyn Ackerly Bonstelle,Geordie Buxton Pdf

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces at Fort Johnson fired upon Federal-occupied Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, etching James Island's name in American history as the starting place of the War Between the States. The island was a battleground for war skirmishes, live oak-laden property that housed antebellum plantations, fertile soil that yielded sea island cotton, precious land that enslaved so many, and a rural planting community existing in the shadow of Charleston. More than this, though, James Island was and is a beloved home to generations of proud families and individuals. This South Carolina sea island, which once flourished and folded under the bondage of slavery, is now a place where all races live and celebrate its rich heritage. The Gullah culture and language thrive and are treasured here, as are the Southern traditions of the original planters and their descendants.

Author : Douglas W. Bostick
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008-08-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781625849014

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A Brief History of James Island by Douglas W. Bostick Pdf

In this engaging volume, local historian Douglas Bostick reveals the unacknowledged history of the second community in South Carolina, settled in 1671. Whether investigating prehistoric clues about Native American life before European settlement, detailing the history of agriculture and the reign of King Cotton, following armies from multiple wars or chronicling the triumph of equality on the greens of Charleston's Municipal Golf Course, Bostick tells the story of James Island as only a native son can. Join Bostick as he brings this small jewel of an island out of Charleston's shadow and into the light of its own rich, historic assets.

Author : James Edwin McDonald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Soil surveys
ISBN : UIUC:30112073236314

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Soil Resources for an Expanding Population: James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina by James Edwin McDonald Pdf

Author : Carolyn Ackerly Bonstelle,Geordie Buxton
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439619551

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James Island by Carolyn Ackerly Bonstelle,Geordie Buxton Pdf

On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces at Fort Johnson fired upon Federal-occupied Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, etching James Island’s name in American history as the starting place of the War Between the States. The island was a battleground for war skirmishes, live oak–laden property that housed antebellum plantations, fertile soil that yielded sea island cotton, precious land that enslaved so many, and a rural planting community existing in the shadow of Charleston. More than this, though, James Island was and is a beloved home to generations of proud families and individuals. This South Carolina sea island, which once flourished and folded under the bondage of slavery, is now a place where all races live and celebrate its rich heritage. The Gullah culture and language thrive and are treasured here, as are the Southern traditions of the original planters and their descendants.

Author : Eugene Frazier Sr.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-10
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781625844408

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James Island by Eugene Frazier Sr. Pdf

Today, James Island is a bustling community seven miles west of Charleston, South Carolina. But the island's past was not always as sunny. Beginning in the eighteenth century, James Island was the destination for hundreds of slaves who were tortured with unimaginable hardships while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. In James Island: Stories From Slave Descendants, Eugene Frazier, Sr. compiles narrative interviews with slaves, slave descendents, and descendents of plantation owners. The stories he gathered give us a singular perspective on the lives of African Americans from 1732-1950, following the James Island community from more than 130 years of slavery to decades of sharecropping and farming while slavery's long shadow survived in segregation. An excellent resource for historians, teachers or those interested in the journey from slavery to integration, James Island: Stories From Slave Descendants will be an enlightening and meaningful addition to any library.

Author : James Randall
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786615473

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An Introduction to Island Studies by James Randall Pdf

Island Studies can be deceptively challenging and rewarding for an undergraduate student. Islands can be many things: nations, tourist destinations, quarantine stations, billionaire baubles, metaphors. The study of islands offers a way to take this 'bewildering variety' and to use it as a lens and a tool to better understand our own world of islands. An Introduction to Island Studies is an approachable look at this interdisciplinary field - from the islands as biodiversity hotspots, their settlement, human migration and occupation through to the place of islands in the popular imagination. Featuring geopolitical, social and economic frameworks, James Randall gives a bottom-up guide to this most modern area of study. From the geological analysis of island formation to the metaphorical use of islands in culture and literature, the growing field of island studies is truly interdisciplinary. This new introduction gives readers from many disciplines the local, global, and regional perspectives that unlock the promise of island studies as a way to see the world. From the struggles and concerns of the Anthropocene—climate change, vulnerability and resilience, sustainable development, through to policy making and local environments—island studies has the potential to change the debate.

Author : James Meek
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781682906

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Private Island by James Meek Pdf

“The essential public good that Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and now Cameron sell is not power stations, or trains, or hospitals. It’s the public itself. it’s us.” In a little over a generation the bones and sinews of the British economy – rail, energy, water, postal services, municipal housing – have been sold to remote, unaccountable private owners, often from overseas. In a series of brilliant portraits the award-winning novelist and journalist James Meek shows how Britain’s common wealth became private, and the impact it has had on us all: from the growing shortage of housing to spiralling energy bills. Meek explores the human stories behind the incremental privatization of the nation over the last three decades. He shows how, as our national assets are sold, ordinary citizens are handed over to private tax-gatherers, and the greatest burden of taxes shifts to the poorest. In the end, it is not only public enterprises that have become private property, but we ourselves. Urgent, powerfully written and deeply moving, this is a passionate anatomy of the state of the nation: of what we have lost and what losing it cost us – the rent we must pay to exist on this private island.

Author : Christopher R. DeCorse,Zachary J. M. Beier
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813052236

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British Forts and Their Communities by Christopher R. DeCorse,Zachary J. M. Beier Pdf

While the military features of historic forts usually receive the most attention from researchers, this volume focuses instead on the people who met and interacted in these sites. Contributors to British Forts and Their Communities look beyond the defensive architecture, physical landscapes, and armed conflicts to explore the complex social diversity that arose in the outposts of the British Empire. The forts investigated here operated at the empire's peak in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, protecting British colonial settlements and trading enclaves scattered across the globe. Locations in this volume include New York State, Michigan, the St. Lawrence River, and Vancouver, as well as sites in the Caribbean and in Africa. Using archaeological and archival evidence, these case studies show how forts brought together people of many different origins, ethnicities, identities, and social roles, from European soldiers to indigenous traders to African slaves. Characterized by shifting networks of people, commodities, and ideas, these fort populations were microcosms of the emerging modern world. This volume reveals how important it is to move past the conventional emphasis on the armed might of the colonizer in order to better understand the messy, entangled nature of British colonialism and the new era it helped usher in. Contributors: Zachary J.M. Beier | Flordeliz T. Bugarin | Robert Cromwell | Christopher R. DeCorse | Liza Gijanto | Guido Pezzarossi | Douglas Pippin | Amy Roache-Fedchenko | Gerald F. Schroedl | David R. Starbuck | Douglas C. Wilson

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556036099000

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Poplar Island Restoration Project, Beneficial Use of Dredged Material, Chesapeake Bay, Talbot County by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : SRLF:A0013564521

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The War of the Rebellion by United States. War Department Pdf

Author : Clifford Neal Smith
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : American loyalists
ISBN : 9780806352572

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British and German Deserters, Discharges, and Prisoners of War Who May Have Remained in Canada and the United States, 1774-1783 by Clifford Neal Smith Pdf

According to 18th-century immigration authority Clifford Neal Smith, the vast majority of German and English soldiers who, for one reason or another, became separated from their Revolutionary War units, ended up settling within a few miles of their discharge, desertion, or capture (POWs). Mr. Smith drew his conclusion from a careful examination of muster rolls from 1774 to 1783, as found in the Public Record Office in London. This consolidated work, which is based on those records, identifies several thousand soldiers who fall into this category. The records are arranged by regiment and thereunder alphabetically by surname. For each soldier, the author has transcribed his full name, status (deserter, dischargee, or prisoner of war), a date, and the source of the information. For the overwhelming majority of these individuals, these records may be the sole clue that links them from America to their European homelan

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1901
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822009734153

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Bulletin of the United States National Museum by Anonim Pdf

Author : William B. Cronin
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0801874351

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The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake by William B. Cronin Pdf

An appendix documents the many small islands that have dropped entirely from view since the seventeenth century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1530 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : NYPL:33433016643771

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by Anonim Pdf

Author : U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Pilot guides
ISBN : NYPL:33433048437374

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United States Coast Pilot 5 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Pdf