Maryland

A History
2. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4214-2622-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g

An engaging and accessible introductory history of the people, places, culture, and politics that shaped Maryland.

In 1634, two ships carrying a small group of settlers sailed into the Chesapeake Bay looking for a suitable place to dwell in the new colony of Maryland. The landscape confronting the pioneers bore no resemblance to their native country. They found no houses, no stores or markets, churches, schools, or courts, only the challenge of providing food and shelter. As the population increased, colonists in search of greater opportunity moved on, slowly spreading and expanding the settlement across what is now the great state of Maryland.

In Maryland, historians recount the stories of struggle and success of these early Marylanders and those who followed to reveal how people built modern Maryland. Originally published in 1986, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. Spanning the years from the 1600s to the beginning of Governor Larry Hogan’s term of office in January 2015, the book more fully fleshes out Native American, African American, and immigrant history. It also includes completely new content on politics, arts and culture, business and industry, education, the natural environment, and the role of women as well as notable leaders in all these fields.

Maryland is heavily illustrated, with nearly two hundred photographs and illustrations (more than half of them in full color), as well as related maps, charts, and graphs, many of which are new to this book. An extensive index and a comprehensive Further Reading section provide extremely useful tools for readers looking to engage more deeply with Maryland history. Touching on major figures from George Calvert to Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman to William Donald Schaefer, this book takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the history of the Free State. It should be in every library and classroom in Maryland.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chapelle, Suzanne Ellery

Russo, Jean B

Baker, Jean H

Esslinger, Dean R

Papenfuse, Edward C

Schulz, Constance B

Stiverson, Gregory A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps, Graphs, and Tables
A Word to Readers
Chapter 1. Maryland's Formative Years, 1634-1763
Chapter 2. The Revolutionary War Era, 1763-1789
Chapter 3. Maryland in the New Nation, 1789-1850
Chapter 4. Maryland in Peace and War, 1850-1870
Chapter 5. A New Century, 1870-1917
Chapter 6. Prosperity, Depression, and War, 1917-1945
Chapter 7. Maryland after World War II, 1945-1985
Chapter 8. Maryland, 1985-2015
Appendix A: Supplementary Maps
Appendix B: Governors of Maryland
Glossary
Further Reading
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Papenfuse, Edward C
Edward C. Papenfuse is the state archivist and commissioner of land patents at the Maryland State Archives.

Russo, Jean B
Jean B. Russo is associate general editor of Archives of Maryland Online and coeditor of The Diary of William Faris: The Daily Life of an Annapolis Silversmith and Colonial Chesapeake Society.

Stiverson, Gregory A
Gregory A. Stiverson is the former CEO of the Historic Annapolis Foundation.

Chapelle, Suzanne Ellery
Suzanne Ellery Chapelle is professor emerita of history at Morgan State University. She is the author of Baltimore: An Illustrated History and the coauthor of African American Leaders of Maryland: A Portrait Gallery.

Schulz, Constance B
Constance B. Schulz is a professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina. She is author of Michigan Remembered, 1936–1943: Photographs from the Farm Security Administration and the Office of War Information and coeditor of Witness to the Fifties: The Pittsburgh Photographic Library, 1950–1953.

Suzanne Ellery Chapelle is professor emerita of history at Morgan State University. She is the author of Baltimore: An Illustrated History and the coauthor of African American Leaders of Maryland: A Portrait Gallery. Jean B. Russo is a scholar of colonial Chesapeake history employed by the Maryland State Archives and Historic Annapolis. She is the coauthor of Planting an Empire: The Early Chesapeake in British North America and the coeditor of The Diary of William Faris: The Daily Life of an Annapolis Silversmith.