Charleston and the emergence of middle-class culture in the revolutionary era [electronic resource] /
Jennifer L. Goloboy.
- Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2016.
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Early American places .
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Very humble servants": colonial merchants and the limits of middle-class power -- The revolution, John Wilkes, and middle-class mob rule -- City of knavery: trade before the War of 1812 -- Friendship and sympathy, family and stability -- The War of 1812 and commercial disaster -- Mercantile professionalism and Charleston as a cotton port.