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Sweet cane [[electronic resource] ] : the architecture of the sugar works of East Florida / / Lucy B. Wayne



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Autore: Wayne Lucy B (Lucy Bowles), <1947-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sweet cane [[electronic resource] ] : the architecture of the sugar works of East Florida / / Lucy B. Wayne Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
Disciplina: 975.9/18
Soggetto topico: Sugar plantations - East Florida - History
Sugarcane industry - East Florida - History
Mills and mill-work - East Florida - History
Architecture, Industrial - East Florida - History
Masonry - East Florida - History
Historic buildings - East Florida
Historic sites - East Florida
Industrial archaeology - East Florida
Soggetto geografico: East Florida History, Local
East Florida Antiquities
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Sugar and plantations. Plantations as industrial complexes -- Sweet cane -- Sugar in East Florida -- pt. II. The architecture of East Florida sugar plantations. Architectural influences -- The Spanish trains : Oswald/Yonge Three Chimneys and McHardy -- The adaptive sugar works : Dummett and Spring Garden -- The fully evolved sugar works : Bulow, Macrae, Cruger-DePeyster, and Dunlawton -- The end of an industry.
Sommario/riassunto: A look at the antebellum history and architecture of the little-known sugar industry of East Florida. From the late eighteenth century to early 1836, the heart of the Florida sugar industry was concentrated in East Florida, between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean. Producing the sweetest sugar, molasses, and rum, at least 22 sugar plantations dotted the coastline by the 1830's. This industry brought prosperity to the region-employing farm hands, slaves, architects, stone masons, riverboats and their crews, shop keepers, and me
Titolo autorizzato: Sweet cane  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8287-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910785200703321
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