Mapping New Jersey : an evolving landscape / edited by Maxine N. Lurie and Peter O. Wacker ; cartography by Michael Siegel

Environment : introduction / David A. Robinson -- Landforms / Charles A. Stansfield -- Soils / John C.F. Tedrow and Peter O. Wacker -- Weather and climate / David A. Robinson -- Natural hazards / James K. Mitchell -- Coastal change / Thomas O. Herrington -- Vegetation and wildlife / Richard G. Lathrop -- Water resources / Robert M. Hordon -- Land use : introduction / Harbans Singh -- Settlement patterns / Peter O. Wacker -- The megapolitan transformation : Princeton, the "brains town" / Michael H. Ebner -- Planned and utopian communities / Maxine N. Lurie -- Dynamics of agriculture / Robert M. Goodman and Arthur R. Brown Jr. -- Land renewal : Superfund sites, brownfields, and grayfields / Michael R. Greenberg -- Vacant buildable land : a less dense New Jersey / Henry J. Mayer -- Demography : introduction / Briavel Holcomb -- Indians / Lorraine E. Williams -- African Americans / Giles R. Wright -- Religious diversity / Frank L. Greenagel -- Age and gender / Briavel Holcomb -- Health and medicine / Karen Reeds -- Education / David Hespe -- Transportation : introduction / Peter O. Wacker -- The era of straight roads : a road-making revolution / Robert Craig -- Railroads / John T. Cunningham -- The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey / Jameson W. Doig -- Journey to work (and elsewhere) / Peter O. Wacker -- The economy : introduction / James W. Hughes and Joseph J. Seneca -- Extractive industries / Richard Veit -- Fishing / Bonnie J. McCay -- Clay, brick, and glass / Richard Veit -- Early milling and waterpower / Richard W. Hunter -- Tourism, leisure, and hospitality / Briavel Holcomb -- History and politics : introduction / Joseph R. Marbach -- Colonial and state boundaries / Maxine N. Lurie -- Military history / Mark Edward Lender -- Women in politics / Deborah L. Walsh -- Land as politics and the politics of land / Maxine N. Lurie

Presents an interpretive atlas of the state of New Jersey covering changes in the environment, land-use patterns, demography, transportation, economy, and politics throughout history.