| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 334 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The Ohio River Valley series |
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Ohio River Valley series.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Lower Ohio River Settlements, 1792-1818; 1 Hamlets and Villages; 2 Understanding Patterns of Growth; Part 2 The Age of the Transportation Revolution, 1815-1850; 3 The Sifting Process Begins; 4 Perspectives on Lower Ohio River Communities; 5 Change and Continuity; Part 3 Communities in the Civil War Era, 1850-1880; 6 The Sifting Process Quickens; 7 People and Products; 8 Government, Society, and Culture; Part 4 The Industrial-Metropolitan Age, 1880-1920 |
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9 Patterns of Communities' Growth and Development10 Making a Living; 11 Living Together: Society and Culture; Conclusion: Continuity and Change on the Lower Ohio; Appendix 1: Population Tables; Appendix 2: Settlements on the Lower Ohio River; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
America. Enterprise. Metropolis. Cairo. Rome. These are a few of the grandly named villages and towns along the lower Ohio River. The optimism with which early settlers named these towns reveals much about the history of American expansion. Though none became the next great American city, it was not for lack of ambition or entrepreneurial spirit. Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither? How did Evansville become the largest and most influential city in the region? How did smaller cities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-320) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| In |
Project MUSE Evidence Based Acquisitions (EBA) Project MUSE |
| Subject |
City and town life -- Ohio River Valley -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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City and town life
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Nederzettingen.
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| SUBJECT |
Ohio River Valley -- History, Local
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| Subject |
Ohio River Valley
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Local history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97030247 |
| ISBN |
9780813157498 |
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0813157498 |
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9780813131146 |
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0813131146 |
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9780813189635 |
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0813189632 |
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