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Baltimore - A Political History (Hardcover)
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Baltimore - A Political History (Hardcover)
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Charm City or Mobtown? People from Baltimore glory in its eccentric
charm, small-town character, and North-cum-South culture. But for
much of the nineteenth century, violence and disorder plagued the
city. More recently, the 2015 death of Freddie Gray in police
custody has prompted Baltimoreans-and the entire nation-to focus
critically on the rich and tangled narrative of black-white
relations in Baltimore, where slavery once existed alongside the
largest community of free blacks in the United States. Matthew A.
Crenson, a distinguished political scientist and Baltimore native,
examines the role of politics and race throughout Baltimore's
history. From its founding in 1729 up through the recent past,
Crenson follows Baltimore's political evolution from an empty
expanse of marsh and hills to a complicated city with distinct ways
of doing business. Revealing how residents at large engage (and
disengage) with one another across an expansive agenda of issues
and conflicts, Crenson shows how politics helped form this complex
city's personality. Crenson provocatively argues that Baltimore's
many quirks are likely symptoms of urban underdevelopment. The
city's longtime domination by the general assembly-and the
corresponding weakness of its municipal authority-forced residents
to adopt the private and extra-governmental institutions that
shaped early Baltimore. On the one hand, Baltimore was resolutely
parochial, split by curious political quarrels over issues as minor
as loose pigs. On the other, it was keenly attuned to national
politics: during the Revolution, for instance, Baltimoreans were
known for their comparative radicalism. Crenson describes how, as
Baltimore and the nation grew, whites competed with blacks, slave
and free, for menial and low-skill work. He also explores how the
urban elite thrived by avoiding, wherever possible, questions of
slavery vs. freedom-just as, long after the Civil War and
emancipation, wealthier Baltimoreans preferred to sidestep racial
controversy. Peering into the city's 300-odd neighborhoods, this
fascinating account holds up a mirror to Baltimore, asking whites
in particular to re-examine the past and accept due responsibility
for future racial progress.
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