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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
Camden County, New Jersey
by Dorwart, Jeffery M.Format: Paperback
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.
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) | |||
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180 | (15) | |||
| Further Readings | 195 | (8) | |||
| Index | 203 |
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