1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456377003321

Autore

Andrew Rod

Titolo

Wade Hampton [[electronic resource] ] : Confederate warrior to southern redeemer / / Rod Andrew, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008

ISBN

1-4696-0474-4

0-8078-8900-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (635 p.)

Collana

Civil War America

Disciplina

973.7/42

Soggetti

Generals - Confederate States of America

Governors - South Carolina

Legislators - United States

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Cavalry operations

South Carolina Politics and government 1865-1950

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 577-599) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I. PATERNALISM; PART II. CHIVALRY; PART III. VINDICATION; Epilogue; Appendix: The Fable of Hampton, ''Major S,'' and a Union Private; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Few Southern elites gave more to the Confederate cause or suffered more in its defeat than General Wade Hampton III of South Carolina. One of the South's most illustrious military leaders, Hampton was for a time the commander of all Lee's cavalry and at the end of the war was the highest-ranking Confederate cavalry officer. Yet for all Hampton's military victories, he also suffered devastating losses. He lost a beloved son and a brother, his own home as well as his grandfather's ancestral mansion, and his vast personal fortune. He failed to deter Sherman's legions from capturing his hometown o



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450454003321

Autore

Findley Lisa <1955, >

Titolo

Building change : architecture, politics and cultural agency / / Lisa Findley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-36663-9

9786610236886

1-280-23688-4

0-203-60149-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Classificazione

21.60

Disciplina

720/.1/03

Soggetti

Architecture and society

Architecture - Political aspects

Architecture, Modern - 20th century

Architecture, Modern - 21st century

Social change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-222) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Power, space and architecture -- Building future : Tjibaou Cultural Centre -- Building visibility : Ulu_ru-Kata Tju_ta Cultural Centre -- Building memory : the Museum of Struggle -- Building presence : the Southern Poverty Law Center -- Architecture and change.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the role architects and architecture are playing in the process of political and cultural negotiation.