Encyclopedia of New Jersey

Publisher Rutgers University Press

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2nd Edition 1st Edition

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Rutgers University Press

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Copyright

2004

ISBN13

9780813536514

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eBook

Grade Level

12th+ - College Senior

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Overview

Did you know New Jersey was once divided into two parts: East Jersey and West Jersey? That the first vote cast by an African American under the Fifteenth Amendment was in Perth Amboy? Or that New Jersey was the site of the first intercollegiate football game?
For students and general readers, Encyclopedia of New Jersey is the most extensive reference ever published on the Garden State. This wide-ranging work contains nearly 3,000 original articles, along with 585 illustrations and 130 maps, collecting a wealth of information about the state in one volume.
Filled with fascinating and interesting entries, Encyclopedia of New Jersey provides the answers to questions about New Jersey on a broad range of subject areas:
Architecture
Biographies
Education
Ethnicity
Geography
History
Recreation and sports
Religion
and many more subjects
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Copyright Page.
Advisory Board.
Cosponsors.
Leadership Gifts.
Major Gifts.
Patrons.
Donors.
Project Staff.
Editorial Board.
Editor’s Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Note on the Use of the Encyclopedia.
List of Maps.
1: Abbett, Leon.
2: Abbott, Charles Conrad.
3: Abbott and Costello.
4: Abbott v. Burke.
5: Aberdeen.
6: Abolition.
7: Abraham Clark House.
8: Absecon.
9: Absecon Lighthouse.
10: Academy of Medicine of New Jersey.
11: Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer.
12: Addams, Charles.
13: Admiral Farragut Academy.
14: Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center.
15: Advisory Commission on the Status of Women.
16: Advocates for New Jersey History.
17: Affirmative Action.
18: African Americans.
19: African Methodist Episcopal Church.
20: African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
21: Africans.
22: Afro-American Historical and Cultural Society Museum.
23: Agriculture.
24: Airports.
25: Airships.
26: Albert Music Hall.
27: Aldrin, Edwin E. “Buzz”.
28: Alexander, Archibald.
29: Alexander, Cosmo.
30: Alexander, James.
31: Alexander, Walter G..
32: Alexander, William (Lord Stirling).
33: Alexandria.
34: Algonquin Arts Theatre.
35: Allaire, James P..
36: Allaire Village.
37: Allamuchy.
38: Allen, Elizabeth Almira.
39: Allen, William F..
40: Allendale.
41: Allenhurst.
42: Allentown.
43: Alling, David.
44: Alloway.
45: Alpha.
46: Alpine.
47: Amber.
48: American Aluminum Company.
49: American Boychoir School.
50: American can Company.
51: American Chemical Society.
52: American Federation of Labor.
53: American Indians.
54: American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark.
55: American Littoral Society.
56: American Pottery Manufacturing Company.
57: American Repertory Ballet/Princeton Ballet School.
58: American Revolution.
59: American Standard Corporation.
60: American Tract Society.
61: American Type Founders Company.
62: Ammann, Othm
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