Camden County, New Jersey

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Pub. Date: 2001-08-01
Publisher(s): Rutgers Univ Pr
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Summary

Jeffery M. Dorwart chronicles more than three centuries of Camden County history. He takes readers on a journey, covering Camden's earliest days as a Native American settlement, the county's important roles in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, Camden City's booms and busts, the county's increasing suburbanization, and current inner-city revitalization efforts.

Dorwart traces the region's history from the earliest European settlers, who radically changed the local Native American culture and introduced black slavery, to the Revolutionary War, when the county's location directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia placed it at the crossroads of the American Revolution. He examines the county's conflicted roles during the Civil War, when the older agrarian population, which held traditional social and economic ties to the slave-owing South, clashed with the increasingly industrialized interests of the urban waterfront, which showed strong Unionist tendencies. Dorwart explores the increasing industrialization of the area and the various waves of European

Author Biography

Jeffery M. Dorwart is a professor of history and former chair of the history department at Rutgers University, Camden.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 3(8)
``We Hope West Jersey Will Be Soon Planted''
11(16)
``A County Where Business Is Exceeding Plenty''
27(17)
``Most Interesting Election Ever Held in This County''
44(19)
``Clean, Pure Life Essential to Social Advancement''
63(20)
``Why Do You Live in Philadelphia or Camden, When You Can Live at Laurel Springs?''
83(14)
``The Metropolis of West Jersey''
97(18)
``Greater Camden's Gateway to New Jersey''
115(25)
``Deterioration in the Life and Business of the City''
140(18)
``There Is No Dearth of Open Land in the County''
158(22)
``A Breath-taking View of the Philadelphia Skyline''
180(15)
Further Readings 195(8)
Index 203

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