Maritime Maryland
Subtitle: a history
By: William S. Dudley in association with the Maryland Historical Society and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
Contributors: Maryland Historical Society.; Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780801894756
Subjects: Navigation -- Maryland -- History; Ships -- Maryland -- History; Shipping -- Maryland -- History; Maryland -- History, Naval
Description: Harvested for food, harnessed for power, and home to more than 3,600 species of plants, fish, and animals, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries have long been essential to the sustainability and survival of the region's populations. Historian William S. Dudley explores that history in an engaging and comprehensive account of Maryland's storied maritime heritage. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Colonial maritime heritage; title: From Revolutionary War to the War of 1812; title: The War of 1812 in Chesapeake Bay; title: The surge of maritime Baltimore under sail and steam; title: Civil War on Chesapeake Bay; title: Oysters, crabs, fish, and watermen; title: Maritime commerce after the Civil War; title: The decline of working sail; title: The growth of recreational boating; title: Naval installations on the Bay; title: Maritime archaeology and cultural resources; title: Epilogue: our diminishing maritime environment.