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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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Baltimore, Md. :
Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Maryland Historical Society,
©1988.
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| Edition: | Robert G. Merrick ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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).