Opportunity valley : a history of the Delaware River Valley before 1800 Edwin G. York

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

York, Edwin G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--History--Eighteenth century.

Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.).

Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)--History--Seventeenth century.

Physical Description:

251 p. : ill. , maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

[s.l] : Edwin G. York , 2007

Contents:

Contents

Opportunity Valley: An Overview of this History

Chapter One: A World-Class Seaport

Chapter Two: Dutch Beginnings, 1600-1664

Chapter Three: The Swedish Colony, 1638-1655

Chapter Four: English Rule, 1664-1680

Chapter Five: West Jersey, 1674-1776

Chapter Six: Pennsylvania, 1681-1776

Chapter Seven: Benjamin Franklin: A Major Inventor of Pennsylvania and America, 1706-1790

Chapter Eight: The Lower Counties on the Delaware, 1682-1799

Chapter Nine: A Cradle and a Crucible for American Freedom

Chapter Ten: The Valley's Campaign Against Keeping Slaves

Chapter Eleven: Connecticut's County on the Delaware, 1753-1799

Chapter Twelve: The Headwaters Counties in New York Colony and State, 1683-1799

Chapter Thirteen: The Valley as a Center for American Culture

Chapter Fourteen: The Valley's People, Working Together

Appendices

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781425790936 (hard cover)

1425790933 (hard cover)

OCLC:

191886033