books.google.co.uk - In the decades before the Civil War, Charleston, South Carolina, enjoyed recognition as the center of scientific activity in the South. By 1850, only three other cities in the United States_Philadelphia, Boston, and New York_exceeded Charleston in natural history studies, and the city boasted an excellent...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Science_Race_and_Religion_in_the_America.html?id=vIikOY5t2BIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareScience, Race, and Religion in the American South
