History of Delaware
History of Delaware

Author: John Andrew Munroe

Publisher: University of Delaware Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780874139471

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"Originally undertaken by the author as a Bicentennial project in 1975, and now the standard history of the state, this volume chronicles the history of Delaware from the early 1600s to the present."--BOOK JACKET.

Delaware, the First State
Delaware, the First State

Author: Carol E. Hoffecker

Publisher: B B& A Publishers

Published: 2005-09

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780970580405

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Examines the history of Delaware, from its first inhabitants and the arrival of European settlers to the effect of modern times on its business and government.

African Americans of Wilmington's East Side
African Americans of Wilmington's East Side

Author: Hara Wright-Smith, Ph.D.

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2022-01-10

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467107964

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Wilmington's East Side is the oldest residential community in the city. The first Swedish colony settled there in the 1600s, and over time, Jewish, Polish, and African American people followed. By the mid-1950s, the East Side emerged as a predominantly Black, achievement-oriented community--a place where working-class families, Black-owned businesses, and Black doctors, lawyers, teachers, musicians, and community leaders lived, worshipped, and worked together amid segregation. Among historic landmarks are Howard High School, People's Settlement Association, Walnut Street Y, St. Michael's School and Nursery, Clifford Brown Walk, Louis Redding House, and multidenominational churches. Situated in an urban setting east of downtown, the East Side is walking distance from the central business district, small retail establishments, and employers.

History of Delaware County and Border Wars of New York
History of Delaware County and Border Wars of New York

Author: Jay Gould

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2021-10-01

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1438485417

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When Jay Gould died in 1892 he left behind an estate worth the equivalent of seventy-eight billion in today's dollars. He also left behind a reputation as one of Wall Street's most shrewd, astute, and (some said) manipulative operators. Long before his adventures in finance, the future "robber baron" was a young man on the make in his native Catskills, working as a surveyor and mapmaker in his natal place of Delaware County, where he had grown up side by side with the future writer and naturalist John Burroughs. Originally published in 1856, when Gould was just twenty, Gould's History of Delaware County and Border Wars of New York is based on primary sources and original testimony from second and third generation settlers, many of them Gould's own friends and cousins. The book continues to be an important source on the first settlement of the region and is highly regarded by scholars. This edition features a new introduction by Edward Renehan, the biographer of both Gould and John Burroughs.

Delaware Politics and Government
Delaware Politics and Government

Author: William W. Boyer

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0803224729

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This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of both the historical and the contemporary dimensions of the politics and government of the First State. Once a sparsely populated, agrarian, and relatively insignificant polity, Delaware has become a densely and diversely populated financial and legal center often called the corporation capital of the world. Delaware s prime location has been central to its development and transition from a goods-producing economy to a fast-growing, service-based economy. Despite its diminutive size, Delaware is, in many ways, the nation s preferred corporate home. William W. Boyer and Edward C. Ratledge provide an overview of Delaware s history, structure, and present politics and explain why one of the smallest states in the country is also one of the most powerful. Delaware continually promotes pro-business legislation, business and public objectives are entwined, and privatization is a dominant theme in public affairs. The state has an individualistic political order in which public participation is indirect and citizen activism is limited.