Jeffery M Dorwart

Cape May County, New Jersey

The Making of an American Resort Community

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Produktbeschreibung

Cape May County, at the southern tip of New Jersey, is one of America's most vibrant seashore resorts. Jeffery Dorwart has written a history of this community from its earliest settlement as an Atlantic maritime and farming frontier to its development today as a major regional tourist attraction. Dorwart also traces the origins of the seashore resort industry through the history of the city of Cape May, with its unique architectural styles and heritage, as well as the founding of Wildwood, Ocean City, and the newer resort towns. The story of how Cape May County responded to dramatic change not only illuminates the historical development of a New Jersey seashore community but also enhances our understanding of the American experience with changing social and economic conditions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• First Edition, First edition
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9780813517841
• ISBN-10: 0813517842
• Artikelnr.: 21182316

Autorenporträt

Dorwart, Jeffery M

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Glossary of Place Names
Chapters
1. Founding a Community of Whaler Yeomen, 1609-1699
2. Whaler Yeoman Ascendancy, 1700-1765
3. Revolution and the New Nation, 1764-1800
4. Cape Island and Dennus Creek, 1801-1849
5. The Railroad and the Civil War, 1850-1878
6. Settlement of the Barrier Islands, 1879-1900
7. Progress and World War, 1901-1919
8. Prohibition, Depression, and the New Deal, 1920-1938
9. A Wartime and Postwar Resort Community, 1939-1961
10. A Resort Community in Transition, 1962-1992
Appendix A. The Thirty-Five Whaler Yeoman Families
Appendix B. Intermarriage among the Whaler Yeoman Families, 1700-1799
Appendix C. Manumissions of Slaves, 1802-1834
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
Photographs follow Chapter 5
Maps, pages 22, 67, 124, 220