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Book SynopsisThis anthology contains seventeen essays covering eighteenth-century agrarian unrest, the Revolutionary War, politics in the Jackson era, feminism and the women's movements, slavery from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, strikes and labor struggles, land use and regional planning issues, Blacks in Newark, the current political state of New Jersey, and more.
Trade Review"This excellent collection of essays covers the sweep of New Jersey history from the colonial, proprietary era to the recent politics of Mount Laurel. It brings together some of the finest writing on the state, and raises questions relevant to major themes in American history more generally. Maxine Lurie has provided an excellent introductory essay to contextualize each piece in the collection, and each essay also comes with suggestions for further reading on the topic. With its broad coverage of political,
social, women's, African American, Native American, and labor history, the
collection will appeal to the general reader and be of enormous use to
those teaching New Jersey history in schools and universities." -- Paul G. E. Clemens * history department, Rutgers University *
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction by Maxine N. Lurie
1. New Jersey: The Unique Proprietary by Maxine N. Lurie
2. Origins and Patterns of Agrarian Unrest in New Jersey, 1735 to 1754 by Thomas L. Purvis
3. Declarations of Dependence: War and Inequality in Revolutionary New Jersey, 1776-1815 by Gregory Evans Dowd
4. New Jersey and the Two Constitutions by Mary R. Murrin
5. Party Formation in New Jersey in the Jackson Era by Richard P. McCormick
6. Feminism, Utopianism, and Domesticity: The Career of Rebecca Buffum Spring, 1811-1911 by Marie Marmo Mullaney
7. The Persistence of Slavery and Involuntary Servitude in a Free State (1685-1866) by Simeon F. Moss
8. The Political Front in Civil War New Jersey by Maurice Tandler
9. Newport of the Nouveaux Bourgeois by Charles E. Funnell
10. Mr. Justice Pitney and Progressivism by Michal R. Belknap
11. Bimson's Mistake: Or, How the Paterson Police Helped to Spread the 1913 Strike by Steve Golin
12. The Applejack Campaign of 1919: "As 'Wet' as the Atlantic Ocean" by Warren E. Stickle III
13. Women Standing for Women: The Early Political Career of Mary T. Norton by Gary Mitchell
14. Frank Hague, Franklin Roosevelt and the Politics of the New Deal by Lyle W. Dorsett
15. Lessons in Land Use: Radburn and the Regional Planning Association of America by Danial Schaffer
16. The Beleaguered City as Promised Land: Blacks in Newark, 1917-1947 by Clement A. Price
17. The Political State of New Jersey: Conclusion by Gerald M. Pomper
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