The Maryland History and Culture Bibliography
Carr, Lois Green, and Lorena S. Walsh. "The Standard of Living in the Colonial Chesapeake." William and Mary Quarterly 45 (January 1988): 135-59.
Notes: Carr and Walsh make detailed use of probate records from seventeenth and eighteenth century Maryland to argue that the period in Chesapeake area history represented a shift from an early emphasis upon material necessities to an improved standard of living marked by "gentility." The authors contend that this change reached across class lines and helped to fuel, rather than check, the productive economy of the colony. The article includes extensive tables and graphs of evidence regarding consumer items for several Maryland and Virginia counties.
Categories: County and Local History, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Anne Arundel County, St. Mary's County, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Southern Maryland, Eastern Shore
Horton, Tom. An Island Out of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake. New York, W. W. Norton and Company, 1996.
Notes: Horton's title suggests his principal themes in examining Smith Island life: that the islands represent a distinctive way of life rooted in another time whose preservation into the future may literally be running out of time. An environmental columnist for the Baltimore <em>Sun</em> who lived on Smith Island in the late 1980s as an environmental educator with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Horton examines the water-related economy, traditionally based on oystering and crabbing, and the unique way of life that evolved in the relative isolation of the island communities. His book profiles the personalities of Smith Island, the work of men and women, the pervasive role of religion in island life, and social, economic, and environmental changes threatening the island's future.
Categories: County and Local History, Environment, Maritime, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Somerset County, Chesapeake Region, Eastern Shore
Russo, Jean B. "The Constables' Lists: An Invaluable Resource." Maryland Historical Magazine 85 (Summer 1990): 164-70.
Categories: Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Eighteenth Century, Somerset County, Eastern Shore
Keisman, Jennifer. "The Platers and Sotterley." Chronicles of St. Mary's 43 (Winter 1995): 81-91.
Categories: General, African American, Family History and Genealogy, Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Women, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, St. Mary's County
Maryland Commission for Women. Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. Annapolis: The Commission, 1992.
Categories: General, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Historical Organizations, Libraries, Reference Works, Women, Seventeenth Century, Eighteenth Century, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Maryland State Department of Education. Maryland Commission for Women. Album of Maryland Women, Vision and Action: A Women's History Display Kit. Baltimore: The Department, 1991.
Categories: General, Women, Twentieth Century
Sarvella, Patricia, ed. Who's Who of Maryland Women 1930-1976. N.p.: Maryland Division American Association of University Women, 1976.
Categories: General, Biography, Autobiography, and Reminiscences, Women, Twentieth Century
Bode, Carl. Maryland: A Bicentennial History. States and the Nation Series, edited by James Morton Smith. New York: Norton; Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1978.
Guest, Geoffrey. "The Boarding of the Dependent Poor in Colonial America." Social Service Review 63 (1989): 92-112.
Categories: Society, Social Change, Folklife, and Popular Culture, Eighteenth Century, Somerset County, Other, Eastern Shore
Hollifield, William. "The Millennium and the Census 1900-2000: The Allure of the Numbers." History Trails 33 and 34 (Millennium Issue): 2-11.
Categories: General, Twentieth Century, Baltimore County, Other
Meyer, Eugene L. Maryland Lost and Found...Again. Baltimore: Woodholme House, 2000.
Categories: General, County and Local History, Other, Chesapeake Region
Schilling-Estes, Natalie. "Accommodation Versus Concentration: Dialect Death in Two Post-insular Island Communities." American Speech 72 (1997): 12-32.
Categories: County and Local History, Transportation and Communication, Twentieth Century, Somerset County, Other, Eastern Shore
Winegar, Deane. Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Chesapeake Bay. Marietta, GA: Longstreet Press, Inc., 2000.
Moose, Katie. Maryland's Western Shore: The Guidebook. Annapolis: Conduit Press, 2001.
Categories: General
Oman, Anne H. 25 Bicycle Tours in Maryland From the Allegheny Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay. 2nd edition. Woodstock, VT: Backcountry Guides, 2001.
Categories: General
Sprouse, Edith Moore. Along the Potomac River: Extracts from the Maryland Gazette, 1728-1799. Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2001.
Categories: General
Chapelle, Suzanne Ellery Green. The Maryland Adventure. Salt LakeCity, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2001.
Categories: General
George, Christopher T. "Myths, Misinformation, and the Truth: The Text on Maryland's War of 1812 Historical Markers." Maryland Humanities, (September 2001): 17-19.
Categories: General, Military, War of 1812