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Maryland, a middle temperament, 1634-1980 /

This book explores the ironies, contradictions, and compromises that give America's oldest border state its special character. Extensively illustrated and accompanied by maps, charts, and tables, the author provides a vivid account of the state's political, economic, social, and cultural h...

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Main Author: Brugger, Robert J.
Corporate Author: Maryland Historical Society.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Maryland Historical Society, ©1988.
Edition:Robert G. Merrick ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Maryland > History.
Maryland > Histoire.
Maryland.
Maryland, history
History.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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505 0 |a From province to colony (1634-1689) -- Tobacco Coast (1690-1760) -- Revolutionary persuasion (1730-1781) -- Realizing the new republic (1781-1815) -- Suspended between memory and hope (1816-1849) -- A house divided (1850-1865) -- Gilded age, humble lives (1865-1895) -- Non-pilgrim's progress (1876-1912) -- Searching for the middle in modern America (1904-1928) -- Growing up (1924-1945) -- Land of pleasant living (1946-1966) -- Renaissance : survival of a sensibility (1967-1980). 
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