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Charleston : race, water, and the coming storm / Susan Crawford ; foreword by Annette Gordon-Reed.

Crawford, Susan P., 1963- (author.). Gordon-Reed, Annette, (author of foreword.).

Summary:
"At least thirteen million Americans will have to move away from American coasts in the coming decades, as rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms put lives at risk and cause billions of dollars in damages. In Charleston, South Carolina, denial, boosterism, widespread development, and public complacency about racial issues compound; the city, like our country, has no plan to protect its most vulnerable. In these pages, Susan Crawford tells the story of a city that has played a central role in America's painful racial history for centuries and now, as the waters rise, stands at the intersection of climate and race. Unbeknownst to the seven million mostly white tourists who visit the charming streets of the lower peninsula each year, the Holy City is in a deeply precarious position. Charleston chronicles the tumultuous recent past in the life of the city--from protests to hurricanes--while revealing the escalating risk in its future. Charleston, a bellwether for other coastal cities and towns around the globe, has done little to ensure a thriving future for all its residents despite the looming threat of environmental catastrophe"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781639363575
  • ISBN: 1639363572
  • Physical Description: xi, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword / Annette Gordon-Reed -- Charleston and its global cousins -- Charleston's natural environment -- Rev. Joseph P. Darby and the history of Charleston -- Charleston and water, 2016-2022 -- The Lower Peninsula and Jacob Lindsey -- The East Side and David White -- The Upper Peninsula and Michelle Mapp -- Upper Lockwood: Gadsden Green, WestEdge, MUSC, and the future -- Off the Peninsula, Quinetha Frasier & Charlton Singleton -- Muddling through and managed retreat.
Subject: City planning > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 21st century.
Urban renewal > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 21st century.
Gentrification > South Carolina > Charleston > History.
Charleston (S.C.) > Race relations.
City planning > Social aspects > South Carolina > Charleston.
City planning > Climatic factors > South Carolina > Charleston.
City planning > Political aspects > South Carolina > Charleston.
Charleston (S.C.) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Charleston (S.C.) > Politics and government > 21st century.
Charleston (S.C.) > History.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Indian Valley Public Library 975.7 Crawford History (Text) 39427103737342 Nonfiction Room: Adult Nonfiction Available -
Easton Main Library 975.791 C899c (Text) 31901004698140 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Hughes Library 975.7915 CRA (Text) 32378005262417 Adult New Book Available -

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5050 . ‡aForeword / Annette Gordon-Reed -- Charleston and its global cousins -- Charleston's natural environment -- Rev. Joseph P. Darby and the history of Charleston -- Charleston and water, 2016-2022 -- The Lower Peninsula and Jacob Lindsey -- The East Side and David White -- The Upper Peninsula and Michelle Mapp -- Upper Lockwood: Gadsden Green, WestEdge, MUSC, and the future -- Off the Peninsula, Quinetha Frasier & Charlton Singleton -- Muddling through and managed retreat.
520 . ‡a"At least thirteen million Americans will have to move away from American coasts in the coming decades, as rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms put lives at risk and cause billions of dollars in damages. In Charleston, South Carolina, denial, boosterism, widespread development, and public complacency about racial issues compound; the city, like our country, has no plan to protect its most vulnerable. In these pages, Susan Crawford tells the story of a city that has played a central role in America's painful racial history for centuries and now, as the waters rise, stands at the intersection of climate and race. Unbeknownst to the seven million mostly white tourists who visit the charming streets of the lower peninsula each year, the Holy City is in a deeply precarious position. Charleston chronicles the tumultuous recent past in the life of the city--from protests to hurricanes--while revealing the escalating risk in its future. Charleston, a bellwether for other coastal cities and towns around the globe, has done little to ensure a thriving future for all its residents despite the looming threat of environmental catastrophe"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
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650 0. ‡aUrban renewal ‡zSouth Carolina ‡zCharleston ‡xHistory ‡y21st century.
650 0. ‡aGentrification ‡zSouth Carolina ‡zCharleston ‡xHistory.
651 0. ‡aCharleston (S.C.) ‡xRace relations.
650 0. ‡aCity planning ‡xSocial aspects ‡zSouth Carolina ‡zCharleston.
650 0. ‡aCity planning ‡xClimatic factors ‡zSouth Carolina ‡zCharleston.
650 0. ‡aCity planning ‡xPolitical aspects ‡zSouth Carolina ‡zCharleston.
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