Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
Maryland on the eve of transformation, captured in hard evidence. Numbers tell a sharper story.Compiled from the returns of the 1850 United States census, J. C. G. Kennedy’s History and Statistics of the State of Maryland turns a government census report into a vivid state history handbook. Here are the patterns behind daily life: 1850 Maryland population data set against place, work, and production; the outlines of an antebellum Maryland economy traced through agriculture and industry statistics; and the measurable realities that sit beneath politics, memory, and myth. It is a historical statistics reference with the immediacy of a ledger and the sweep of nineteenth century Maryland, county by county, community by community.For researchers, it stands as an academic primary source in American census history and Maryland historical demography, invaluable for comparing regions, tracking change, and grounding arguments in contemporary records. For readers drawn to genealogy and local history, it offers a reliable framework for locating ancestors and understanding the world they moved through, before the upheavals of the later century reshaped the state. It is not interpretation alone; it is documentation with authority.Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today, a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. A serious addition to a classic Americana shelf, and a compelling window into how a state can be read through its facts.
