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Maritime Maryland:

A History
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Harvested for food, harnessed for power, and home to more than 3,600 species of plants, fish, and animals, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries have long been essential to the sustainability and survival of the region's populations. Historian William S. Dudley explores that history in an engaging and comprehensive account of Maryland's storied maritime heritage.  Dudley paints a vivid picture of Maryland's maritime past in its broadest scope, exploring the complex and nuanced interactions of humans, land, and water through descriptions of shipbuilding, steam technology, agricultural pollution, commercial and passenger transportation, naval campaigns, watermen, crabbing, and oystering. He also discusses the evolution of recreational boating -- yachting, cruising, and racing -- and the role of underwater archaeology in uncovering the bay's shipwrecks. These interactions become chapters in the larger story of Maryland's waterways, a story that Dudley tells through insightful prose and stunning illustrations.  This rich history of Maryland's waterways reveals how human enterprise has affected -- and been affected by -- the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
 
Winner, John Lyman Award, North American Society for Oceanic History.

Preface
1. Colonial Maritime Heritage
2. From the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812
3. The War of 1812 in Chesapeake Bay
4. The Surge of Maritime Baltimore under Sail and Steam
5. Civil War on Chesapeake Bay
6. Oysters, Crabs, Fish, and Watermen
7. Maritime Commerce after the Civil War
8. The Decline of Working Sail
9. The Growth of Recreational Boating
10. Naval Installations on Chesapeake Bay
11. Maritime Archaeology and Cultural Resources
Epilogue: Our Diminishing Maritime Environment
Notes
Glossary of Nautical Terms
Essay on Sources
Index

""Readable overview that serves as a good introduction to a vital part of this state's history and commerce... an important resource for any maritime collection.""

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