A New Jersey Anthology / Edition 2

by Maxine N. Lurie, Michal Belknap, Patricia Bonomi, Lyle Dorsett, John P. Dwyer

Overview

A New Jersey classic comes to life once more, and it's better than ever . . .

"This excellent collection of essays covers the sweep of New Jersey history from the colonial, proprietary era to the recent politics of Mount Laurel. It brings together some of the finest writing on the state, and raises questions relevant to major themes in American history more generally. Maxine N. Lurie has provided an excellent introductory essay to contextualize each piece in the collection, and each essay also comes with suggestions for further reading on the topic."
-Paul G. E. Clemens, history department, Rutgers University

Praise for the prior edition . . .

"An absolutely superb collection in every aspect, this covers all of the chronological and topical bases with remarkable comprehensiveness. Contributions are not only appropriate to the purpose of the book; they have the additional merit of being very significant pieces of scholarship on their own, not only in the history of New Jersey but in American history in general. . . . Lurie's illuminating headnotes for each article, which include not only shrewd interpretive insights but also bibliographical references, set this book significantly apart."
-Douglas Greenberg, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University

MAXINE N. LURIE is a professor of history at Seton Hall University. She is the author of a number of articles and book chapters on early American and New Jersey history, the editor of the first edition of this anthology, and the coeditor of the Encyclopedia of New Jersey and Mapping New Jersey (all Rutgers University Press).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813547459
Publisher:	Rutgers University Press
Publication date:	01/27/2010
Series:	Rivergate Book Series
Edition description:	Second Edition, Second Edition
Pages:	500
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Maxine N. Lurie, assistant professor of History at Seton Hall University, is coordinator of the undergraduate public history internship program at Rutgers University, and co-chair of the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance.

Table of Contents

New Jersey: the unique proprietary
Maxine N. Lurie
Lord Cornbury redressed: the governor and the problem portrait
Patricia U. Bonomi
The "cockpit" reconsidered: revolutionary New Jersey as a military theater
Mark Edward Lender
Caught in the middle: New Jersey's Indians and the American Revolution
Lorraine E. Williams
New Jersey and the two Constitutions
Mary R. Murrin
Party formation in New Jersey in the Jackson era
Richard P. McCormick
Paterson
Paul E. Johnson
Moving toward breaking the chains: Black New Jerseyans and the American Revolution
Giles R. Wright
Gettysburg
Bradley M. Gottfried
Newport and the nouveaux bourgeois
Charles E. Funnell
Mr. Justice Pitney and progressivism
Michal R. Belknap
The Applejack campaign of 1919: "as 'wet' as the Atlantic Ocean"
Warren E. Stickle III
"Summing up" and "Wednesday the thirteenth"
Jim Fisher
Frank Hague, Franklin Roosevelt, and the politics of the New Deal
Lyle W. Dorsett
The 1971 strike
Steve Golinj
The conscience of Congress
Amy Shapiro
Simple justice
David L. Kirp, John P. Dwyer, and Larry A. Rosenthal

Editorial Reviews

"This excellent collection of essays covers the sweep of New Jersey history from the colonial, proprietary era to the recent politics of Mount Laurel. It brings together some of the finest writing on the state, and raises questions relevant to major themes in American history more generally. Maxine Lurie has provided an excellent introductory essay to contextualize each piece in the collection, and each essay also comes with suggestions for further reading on the topic. With its broad coverage of political,
social, women's, African American, Native American, and labor history, the
collection will appeal to the general reader and be of enormous use to
those teaching New Jersey history in schools and universities."

history department, Rutgers University - Paul G. E. Clemens

An absolutely superb collection in every aspect, A New Jersey Anthology covers all of the chronological and topical bases with remarkable comprehensiveness. Its contributions are not only appropriate to the purpose of the book; they have the additional merit of being very significant pieces of scholarship on their own, not only in the history of New Jersey but in American history in general. . . . Maxine Lurie's illuminating headnotes for each article, which include not only shrewd interpretive insights but also bibliographical references, set this book significantly apart. In short, this is an excellent anthology, professionally done. . . . Anyone who teaches in New Jersey will want to own a copy of the book, use it, and assign significant parts of it.

president and director, Chicago Historical Society and chairman, New Jersey Hist - Douglas Greenberg

An absolutely superb collection in every aspect, A New Jersey Anthology covers all of the chronological and topical bases with remarkable comprehensiveness. Its contributions are not only appropriate to the purpose of the book; they have the additional merit of being very significant pieces of scholarship on their own, not only in the history of New Jersey but in American history in general. . . . Maxine LurieÆs illuminating headnotes for each article, which include not only shrewd interpretive insights but also bibliographical references, set this book significantly apart. In short, this is an excellent anthology, professionally done. . . . Anyone who teaches in New Jersey will want to own a copy of the book, use it, and assign significant parts of it.

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