Tobacco Coast: A Maritime History of Chesapeake Bay in the Colonial Era

by Arthur Pierce Middleton

Book Overview

Tobacco Coast is the history of how the Chesapeake Bay shaped the society and economy of an ertire region. Its hundreds of miles of navigable tributaries made adoption of the tobacco staple possible and eliminated the necessity of cities and towns; its physical dominance created an "essencial unity" of lands sharing its shores, despite the political decisions that created separate colonies of Maryland and Virgina. Middleton recaptures the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801825342
• ISBN13: 9780801825347
• Release Date: November 1984
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

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