Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgments ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Introduction: New Perspectives on New Jersey History Marc Mappen 1
1 Setting the Stage: Archaeology and the Delaware Indians, a 12,000-Year Odyssey Richard Veit 6
2 Colonial Period: The Complex and Contradictory Beginnings of a Mid-Atlantic Province Maxine N. Lurie 33
3 Revolution and Confederation Period: New Jersey at the Crossroads John Fea 64
4 New Jersey in the Early Republic Graham Russell Gao Hodges 90
5 New Jersey in the Jacksonian Era, 1820-1850 Michael Birkner 115
6 Civil War and Reconstruction: State and Nation Divided Larry Greene 145
7 The Garden State Becomes an Industrial Power: New Jersey in the Late Nineteenth Century Paul Israel 175
8 The Progressive Era Brian Greenberg 202
9 Depression and War G. Kurt Piehler 236
10 Suburbanization and Decline of the Cities: Toward an Uncertain Future Howard Gillette Jr. 264
List of Contributors 287
Index 291