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  1. Shamrocks and Pluff Mud: A Glimpse of the Irish in the Southern City of Charleston, South Carolina by Donald M. Williams, 2005-10-14
  2. Columbia: Geography and Climate: An entry from Gale's <i>Cities of the United States</i>
  3. Charleston: Geography and Climate: An entry from Gale's <i>Cities of the United States</i>
  4. Sorting Out the New South City: Race, Class, and Urban Development in Charlotte, 1875-1975 by Thomas W. Hanchett, 1998-08-10
  5. Charlotte, NC: The Global Evolution of a New South City
  6. United States Capitol Cities Fact Files Columbia, South Carolina by Uscensus, 2010-01-09
  7. Cities of the United States: The South : Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma S (Cities of the United States Vol 1 the South) by Linda Schmittroth, 1994-03
  8. Best of the Kudzu Telegraph by John Lane, 2008-08-19
  9. Into the Sound Country: A Carolinian's Coastal Plain by Bland Simpson, Ann Cary Simpson, 1997-11-15

1. About The USA - Travel & Geography > South Carolina
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SC South Carolina is the southern portion of the original 1629 land grant made by England's King Charles I, which was named in his honor (Carolus is Latin for Charles). Settled by the English in 1670, South Carolina was based on a plantation culture with an aristocratic, wealthy society that was dependent on black slave labor. One of the original 13 colonies, South Carolina was first formed in 1729 when the Carolina colony was divided in two to form North and South Carolina. The attack on Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor launched the Civil War. Today, South Carolina is a growing research center and banking state. South Carolina has retained many features of the South of pre-Civil War days. Graceful buildings, erected before the war, stand in Charleston, Beaufort and other cities. Large plantations, which were once the backbone of the South's economy, still remain in parts of South Carolina. The state's mountains, seashores and historic sites make the state an ideal vacationland.

2. South Carolina: Geography
Encyclopediasouth carolina. geography. south carolina is roughly triangular in shape. is the capital and the largest city; Charleston and Greenville are other major cities.
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Sea Islands . The coastal climate is humid subtropical, with long, hot summers and short, mild winters. In this area are found cypress swamps, moss-hung oaks, beautiful flowering gardens, antebellum plantations, and the historic seaports of Georgetown, Beaufort, and Charleston, the latter a major tourist attraction and one of the chief ports of entry in the Southeast. The fall line on the state's Atlantic-bound rivers separates the coastal Low Country from the rolling Piedmont plateau of the Up Country and runs generally parallel to the coast, passing through Columbia. Inland the climate is temperate, becoming progressively cooler as the elevation increases. In the extreme northwest are the Blue Ridge Mts.; they occupy only c.500 sq mi (1,290 sq km) in the state, with Sassafras Mt. (3,560 ft/1,085 m) the highest point. Rainfall is abundant and well distributed throughout South Carolina. The Pee Dee, Santee, Edisto, and Savannah river systems drain the state, flowing from the highlands to the sea, creating rapids and waterfalls. This abundant source of hydroelectric power is one of South Carolina's most important natural resources. Several nuclear plants operate in the state as well.

3. South Carolina State Geography
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Top of Page Population (1994): 3,664,000 (25th in size) State size: 31,113 square miles (40th in size) State Capital: Columbia (named after Christopher Columbus) Major cities: Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg and Rock Hill Admission to union: The 8th State Date entered the union: May 23, 1788 Origin of state name: Named after tKing Charles I of England (Carolus is the latin form of Charles). Nicknames: The Palmetto State Bordering states: Georgia and North Carolina, with the Atlantic Ocean on the east. State bird: Carolina Wren State flower: Yellow Jasmine State tree: Palmetto Motto: While I Breathe, I Hope Prepared in Mind and Resources

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Main About Resources Links ... Contact Schedule for the Columbia Ecological Cities Conference: Shaping the Ecology of a City Sponsored by Sustainable Universities Initiative
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Monday, March 26, 2001 Registration, Continental Breakfast Welcome Bruce C. Coull, Dean, USC School of the Environment Kirstin Dow, PhD, USC Department of Geography Introductory Remarks Rutherford H. Platt, PhD, Department of Geography, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Director, Ecological Cities Project Break Break Session III: Ecological Processes and Urban Politics The Connection between Municipal Water Use, Water Quality, and Regional Ecosytems ñ Marshall Lawson Urban rainfall, runoff, and water quality (working title) ñ Greg Carbone, Department of Geography, USC -Columbia Tourism Development in Charleston ñ Rich Harrill, Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture and Thomas D. Potts, Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University Implementing ìEnvironmental Justiceî in South Carolinaôs Cities: The Challenge of Turning Admirable Concepts into Meaningful Change - Kim Diana Connolly, University of South Carolina, School of Law, Environmental Law Clinic Race, Recreation, And Civic Identity ñ Daniel Vivian, South Carolina History and Archives Center

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Reply by White. Progress in Human geography. 21,2 (1997) pp. (Chair of Forum).Ecological cities Symposium, University of south carolina, March 2001.
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Since 1999, Dr. Platt has been developing the Ecological Cities Project (ECP), a national program of research and outreach on urban greenspaces, urban watersheds, and urban habitat issues based at UMass Amherst. In June 2002, the ECP organized a national conference in New York City: The Humane Metropolis: People and Nature in the 21st Century. An edited book with the same title based on presentations at the conference is now in preparation.
The ECP is currently conducting a study of comparative regional experience in urban watershed management under a two-year grant from the National Science Foundation. Other support for the ECP has been provided by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Wyomissing Foundation, Mr. Laurance S. Rockefeller, the U. S. Forest Service, and the National Park Service.

10. About The USA - Travel & Geography > Regions Of The United States
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New England has played a dominant role in American history. Until well into the 19th century, New England was the country's cultural and economic center. The earliest European settlers of New England were English Protestants who came in search of religious liberty. They gave the region its distinctive political format town meetings (an outgrowth of meetings held by church elders) in which citizens gathered to discuss issues of the day. Town meetings still function in many New England communities today and have been revived as a form of dialogue in the national political arena. New England is also important for the cultural contribution it has made to the nation. The critic Van Wyck Brooks called the creation of a distinctive American literature, in the first half of the 19th century, "the flowering of New England." Education is another of the region's strongest legacies. The cluster of top-ranking universities and colleges in

11. Univ. Of South Carolina - Geography Department - Center For GIS
, Capital cities of the US (1 All Rights Reserved. Last Updated on 2 December2002 by Department of geography of the University of south carolina.
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South Carolina’s Interstates Jim Hartell Pre-Service Teacher OVERVIEW: CONNECTION TO THE CURRICULM: This lesson can be connected to history lessons that pertain to automobile transportation in South Carolina. This lesson can also linked to business lessons. Themes Standards SKILLS BUILDING GRADE RANGE: TIME: OBJECTIVES: SWBAT identify the location of the 10 most populated counties in South Carolina. SWBAT analyze how the location of major interstates in South Carolina economically benefit certain cities and regions within SC. SUGGESTED PROCEDURES: List the Objectives, Procedures, Overview, Standards and Themes on large sheets Begin the lesson with a "mindspring" activity by asking each student to tell you the Ask the students to identify the predominant direction of the colonial roads (NW to SE). Ask the students to identify where the majority of roads converge (Charleston, SC). Ask the students to explain why the majority of colonial roads converge at Charleston (South Carolina during the colonial period linked the backcountry with the port of Charleston, SC). Give each student a blank map of South Carolina Counties.

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