Colonial South Carolina: A History / Edition 2

by Robert M. Weir

Overview

A standard source on one of the most enigmatic colonies in North America

In this modern and complete history, Robert Weir explicates the apparent paradoxes that defined colonial South Carolina. In doing so he offers provocative observations about its ascension to the pinnacle of mid-eighteenth-century prosperity, escalating racial tension, struggles for political control, and push toward revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570031892
Publisher:	University of South Carolina Press
Publication date:	10/31/1997
Series:	Understanding Contemporary American Lite
Edition description:	revised edition
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robert M. Weir, Distinguished Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, has long concentrated his research on the colonial and Revolutionary period in South Carolina. He is the author of "A Most Important Epocha": The Coming of the Revolution in South Carolina and "The Last of American Freemen": Studies in the Political Culture of the Colonial and Revolutionary South.

What People are Saying About This

Journal of Southern History

Weir's work on colonial South Carolina is clearly a masterpiece—not only in the sense of being a comprehensive overview but as the mature reflections of a thoughtful and knowledgeable scholar.

in the American Historical Association's Guide to Jack P. Greene

[An] excellent general history of colonial South Carolina that effectively builds on new research.

Jack P. Greene

[An] excellent general history of colonial South Carolina that effectively builds on new research.

William and Mary Quarterly

This beautifully written volume will undoubtedly be the standard work on colonial South Carolina for years to come.