The Politics of Taste in Antebellum CharlestonUNC Press Books, 2005 - 395 pagine At the close of the American Revolution, Charleston, South Carolina, was the wealthiest city in the new nation, with the highest per-capita wealth among whites and the largest number of enslaved residents. Maurie D. McInnis explores the social, political, |
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