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Natural History Investigations in South Carolina : From Colonial Times to the Present
author
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Sanders, Albert E.; Anderson, William D.
publisher
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University of South Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin
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1570032785
print isbn13
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9781570032783
ebook isbn13
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9780585339528
language
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English
subject
Natural history--South Carolina--History, South Carolina--History.
publication date
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1999
lcc
:
QH21.S6S35 1999eb
ddc
:
508.757
subject
:
Natural history--South Carolina--History, South Carolina--History.
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Natural History Investigations in South Carolina
From Colonial Times to the Present
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Natural History Investigations in South Carolina
From Colonial Times to the Present
Albert E. Sanders William D. Anderson, Jr.
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Disclaimer Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.
1999 University of South Carolina
Published in Columbia, South Carolina, by the University of South Carolina Press
Manufactured in the United States of America
03 02 01 00 99 5 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sanders, Albert E. Natural history from colonial times to the present / Albert E. Sanders and William D. Anderson, Jr. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 1570032785 (cloth) 1. Natural historySouth CarolinaHistory. 2. South CarolinaHistory. I. Anderson, William D. (William Dewey), 1933 II. Title. QH21.S6 S35 1999 508.757dc21 9840208
FRONTISPIECE. Giant Atlantic Cockle (Dinocardium robustum). Watercolor on paper by J. Sera, 1834. One of several exquisite paintings commissioned by Edmund Ravenel for an intended work on the marine mollusks of South Carolina. The volume was not completed, perhaps due to the death of the artist in 1837. (Courtesy of the Charleston Museum. Photograph by Michael Whittemore.)
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To Randa and Barbara
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Advice to Persons About to Write HistoryDon't. Lord Acton, 1887
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CONTENTS
Illustrations
xi
Foreword
xv
Preface
xvii
Acknowledgments
xxxvii
Part One: The Charleston Natural History Tradition
Introduction
3
1. The Colonial Period, 16701783
8
2. The Formative Period, 17841830
21
3. The Golden Age, 18301860
45
Part Two: The Long Journey Back
Introduction
81
4. Sherman Proves That "War Is Hell"
83
5. Reconstruction: Devastation and Despair
92
6. Into the Twentieth Century
119
Part Three: Expanding Horizons in a Shrinking World
Introduction
137
7. The New Era
138
8. Herpetology Rekindled
150
9. Into the Abyss
161
10. The Sound of Distant Guns
171
11. Days of Infamy
178
Part Four: The Last Half of the Twentieth Century
Introduction
191
12. New Faces, New Directions
193
13. The Fifties: A Decade to Remember
202
14. Approaching the Present
212
Epilogue
231
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Appendix 1: Chronology of Natural History Investigators in South Carolina
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