From Mobtown to Charm City New Perspectives on Baltimore's Past

A collection of thirteen original and illuminating essays representing the latest scholarship drawn from the Baltimore History Conference of 1996 and 1999 and ranging across a wide spectrum of subjects. Touching upon such varied facets of Baltimore life as an early murder trial, alley houses, volunteer fire companies, slums, secession, post-Civil War racial accomodation, World War II aircraft workers, a populist uprising in the 1960s, public housing, and the school system, the authors amply demonstrate yet again that small subjects give rise to larger ideas.Elfenbein, Jessica I. is the author of 'From Mobtown to Charm City New Perspectives on Baltimore's Past' with ISBN 9780938420859 and ISBN 0938420852.