The Atlantic Economy and Colonial Maryland's Eastern Shore: From Tobacco to Grain |
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Contents
Abbreviations | 13 |
Introduction | 19 |
The Eastern Shore of Maryland and the colonial Chesapeake | 21 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Atlantic Economy and Colonial Maryland's Eastern Shore: From Tobacco to Grain ACLS Humanities E-Book History e-book project |
| Author | Paul G. E. Clemens |
| Contributor | American Council of Learned Societies |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cornell University Press, 1980 |
| ISBN | 080141251X, 9780801412516 |
| Length | 249 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / General |
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