Delaware, state, United States: Bibliography

The standard history of the early period is Benjamin Ferris, A History of the Original Settlements on the Delaware (1846). See also Federal Writers' Project, Delaware: A Guide to the First State (1938, rev. ed. 1955, repr. 1973); J. A. Munroe, History of Delaware (2d ed. 1984); W. H. Williams, The First State: An Illustrated History of Delaware (1985).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Maintaining a Rural–Urban Balance
• Pro- and Anti-Slavery Factionalism
• Revolution and Statehood
• The Three Lower Counties
• Native Inhabitants and European Claims
• Government, Politics, and Higher Education
• Economy
• Geography
• Facts and Figures
• Bibliography

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