Mason-Dixon : crucible of the nation / Edward G. Gray.
| Author/creator | Gray, Edward G. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xiii, 440 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part I: Marchlands in Motion. Lord Baltimore's Northern Problem -- William Penn's Unlikely Empire -- The Battle for Maryland's Far North -- Part II: Marchlands into Borderlands. The Squatters' Empire -- An American Bloodlands -- The Science of Borders -- Part III: A Border Emerges. The Making of States, Free and Slave -- Borderlands as Heartland -- Fugitive Diplomacy -- The Fall of Greater Baltimore -- Part IV: The Age of the Mason-Dixon Line. The Second Fugitive Slave Act -- Border War along the Underground Railroad -- Borderlands into Border States -- The End of the Line. |
| Abstract | "A grand narrative history of the boundary that began as a simple demarcation between the feuding Pennsylvania and Maryland colonies but became a byword for the fundamental national division between the slavery-preserving South and abolitionist North"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022059423 |
| ISBN | 9780674987616 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0674987616 hardcover |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | F157 .B7 G73 2023 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |