{"product_id":"preserving-charlestons-past-shaping-its-future-the-life-and-times-of-susan-pringle-frost-9781570032905","title":"Preserving Charleston's Past, Shaping Its Future: The Life and Times of Susan Pringle Frost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of one of America's first historic preservationists and the city she fought to save\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most remarkable women born in the Reconstruction South, Susan Pringle Frost was an outspoken champion of a host of important causes, including women's rights, a more active and accountable local government, and better treatment of African Americans. In his biography of this dynamic Charlestonian, Sidney Bland enumerates Frost's many accomplishments and chronicles what he considers to be her greatest achievement--spearheading a historic preservation movement in Charleston that became the model for preservationists throughout the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBland recounts Frost's early life as a member of an illustrious Charleston family and her entrance into the workplace, caused partly by her father's financial failures. He tells how she defied convention by establishing a real estate office in Charleston's all-male professional district, sparked an interest in preservation by buying and renovating houses on and around Charleston's oldest thoroughfare, and founded the Society for the Preservation of Old Dwellings, one of the nation's oldest historic preservation groups and the forerunner of the Preservation Society of Charleston. Offering vivid insight into the courage, perseverance, and eccentricity of a woman he considers a complex and often inconsistent crusader, he credits Frost with garnering support for the city's landmark Historic District Zoning Ordinance and traces specific staples of present-day historic preservation methods to her visionary initiatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA finalist for the South Carolina Historical Society's best book of the year in South Carolina history, \u003ci\u003ePreserving Charleston's Past, Shaping Its Future\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the life of a pioneer in historic preservation and a feminist whose activism helped save Charleston's old architecture and generated a wider preservation movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSidney Bland\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of history and cochair of American studies at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Bland has published articles in \u003ci\u003eSouth Carolina Historical Magazine, Historic Preservation, Furman Studies, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Long Island History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50356820410642,"sku":"9781570032905","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b8f0623d-8c61-47af-955e-1ac0d7c7bcab.jpg?v=1728313887","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/preserving-charlestons-past-shaping-its-future-the-life-and-times-of-susan-pringle-frost-9781570032905","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}