The Jersey Shore
eBook - ePub

The Jersey Shore

  1. 348 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Jersey Shore

About this book

In The Jersey Shore, Dominick Mazzagetti provides a modern re-telling of the history, culture, and landscapes of this famous region, from the 1600s to the present. The Shore, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, became a national resort in the late 1800s and contributes enormously to New Jersey’s economy today. The devastation of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 underscored the area’s central place in the state’s identity and the rebuilding efforts after the storm restored its economic health.  Divided into chronological and thematic sections, this book will attract general readers interested in the history of the Shore: how it appeared to early European explorers; how the earliest settlers came to the beaches for the whaling trade; the first attractions for tourists in the nineteenth century; and how the coming of railroads, and ultimately automobiles, transformed the Shore into a major vacation destination over a century later. Mazzagetti also explores how the impact of changing national mores on development, race relations, and the environment, impacted the Shore in recent decades and will into the future. Ultimately, this book is an enthusiastic and comprehensive portrait by a native son, whose passion for the region is shared by millions of beachgoers throughout the Northeast.   
 

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Map
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. The Ever-Changing Shore
  10. 2. 1664–1764: A Few Desolate Beaches
  11. 3. 1765–1850: The Rise of Resorts
  12. 4. 1850–1900: Railroads, Atlantic City, and Long Branch
  13. 5. Religion at the Jersey Shore
  14. 6. The Rise of Resorts, Monmouth County
  15. 7. Shipwrecks, Lifesaving, and Lighthouses
  16. 8. The Rise of Resorts, Ocean County
  17. 9. Fires, Storms, and War
  18. 10. The Rise of Resorts, Atlantic County
  19. 11. Fish, Fish, and Boats
  20. 12. The Rise of Resorts, Cape May County, and the Lore of the Shore
  21. 13. The Twentieth Century: Transformation
  22. 14. The Twenty-First-Century Shore
  23. The Future of the Jersey Shore
  24. Photographs
  25. Acknowledgments
  26. Notes
  27. Index
  28. About the Author