by Charles G. Steffen (Author)
Economic and social life in the upper Chesapeake during the colonial period diverged from that in southern Maryland and Tidewater Virginia despite similar economic bases. Charles Steffen's book offers a fresh interpretation of the economic elite of Baltimore County and challenges the widely accepted view that the life of this privileged class was characterized by permanence, stability, and continuity. The subjects of this study are not the tiny knot of Tidewater aristocrats who have dominated s
Author Biography
Charles G. Steffen is associate professor of history at Georgia State University and author of The Mechanics of Baltimore: Workers and Politics in the Age of Revolution.
Number of Pages: 224
Dimensions: 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: July 15, 2014