Description: Illustrated with historical maps, plats, and photographs and organized chronologically and thematically within chapters, Lowcountry at High Tide offers a unique look at how Charleston has kept--and may continue to keep--the ocean at bay.
Review Quotes:
Using archival specifications and bid documents, Lowcountry at High Tide provides an excellent case study for the material history of construction and humanizes city-building as both personal and bodily practice. Butler interleaves a larger citywide narrative with portraits of hard work in moments of crisis... the reader can appreciate Butler's technical skill in illuminating what the stakes really were.
-- "Arris"