Maryland
Title | Maryland PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne Ellery Chapelle |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Total Pages | 513 |
Release | 2018-09-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1421426234 |
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.
Maryland
Title | Maryland PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 1986-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780801830051 |
An introductory high school textbook surveying the history of Maryland, with emphasis on the blacks, women, immigrants, and other special groups contributing to the variety of its population.
History of Maryland
Title | History of Maryland PDF eBook |
Author | James McSherry |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 428 |
Release | 1849 |
Genre | Maryland |
ISBN |
History of Maryland from the Earliest Period to the Present Day: 1765-1812
Title | History of Maryland from the Earliest Period to the Present Day: 1765-1812 PDF eBook |
Author | John Thomas Scharf |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 684 |
Release | 1879 |
Genre | Maryland |
ISBN |
Maryland History in Prints
Title | Maryland History in Prints PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Rice |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 424 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Art |
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A stunning visual accompaniment to the history of the state with 330 full color reproductions from the glory days of Maryland printmaking, with accompanying essays.
Maritime Maryland
Title | Maritime Maryland PDF eBook |
Author | William S. Dudley |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 336 |
Release | 2010-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Winner, John Lyman Award, North American Society for Oceanic HistoryWinner, Heritage Book Award, Maryland Historic TrustFirst Place, Professional Scholarly Books, 25th Annual New York Book Show Harvested for food, harnessed for power, and home to more than 3,600 species of plants, fish, and animals, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries have long been essential to the sustainability and survival of the region’s populations. Historian William S. Dudley explores that history in an engaging and comprehensive account of Maryland’s storied maritime heritage. Dudley paints a vivid picture of Maryland’s maritime past in its broadest scope, exploring the complex and nuanced interactions of humans, land, and water through descriptions of shipbuilding, steam technology, agricultural pollution, commercial and passenger transportation, naval campaigns, watermen, crabbing, and oystering. He also discusses the evolution of recreational boating—yachting, cruising, and racing—and the role of underwater archaeology in uncovering the bay's shipwrecks. These interactions become chapters in the larger story of Maryland’s waterways, a story that Dudley tells through insightful prose and stunning illustrations. This rich history of Maryland's waterways reveals how human enterprise has affected—and been affected by—the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
History of Frederick County, Maryland
Title | History of Frederick County, Maryland PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas John Chew Williams |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1318 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | Frederick County (Md.) |
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