| Builders of Annapolis: Enterprise and Politics in a Colonial Capital Contributor(s): Risjord, Norman K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0938420615 ISBN-13: 9780938420613 Publisher: Maryland Historical Society OUR PRICE: $19.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1970 Annotation: In 1700 Maryland's new capital at Annapolis was a hamlet in a wilderness whose shoreline looked, according to one new arrival, "like a forest standing in water." By the middle of the eighteenth century a remarkable collection of men and women had made it into "one of the most sparkling communities in British America." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97044607 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.09" W x 9.01" (0.93 lbs) 218 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Maryland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1700, Maryland's new capital at Annapolis was a hamlet in a wilderness whose shoreline looked, according to one new arrival, "like a forest standing in water." By the middle of the 18th century a remarkable collection of men and women had made it into "one of the most sparkling communities in British America." |