This is the first book to evaluate the history of the suburbanization of Southern New Jersey, adjacent to the City of Philadelphia, in both a local and regional context. Placing South Jersey within the national suburban experience, it explores suburbanization in the area of South Jersey from its origins in 1769 to the present continuing growth. Its central, unifying theme is the important connection between the ongoing initlatives of South Jersey farmers-entrepreneurs and the advancing technology that aided their efforts.