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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807325303321

Autore

Gruenwald Kim M (Kim Marie)

Titolo

River of Enterprise [[electronic resource] ] : The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 / / Kim M. Gruenwald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-06312-X

9786612063121

0-253-10937-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Midwestern history and culture

Disciplina

977.02

977/.02

Soggetti

Pioneers - Ohio - Marietta

Merchants - Ohio - Marietta

Pioneers - Ohio River Valley - History

Merchants - Ohio River Valley - History

Frontier and pioneer life - Ohio River Valley

Regionalism - Ohio River Valley - History

Ohio River Valley Commerce Social aspects History

Ohio River Valley Economic conditions

Ohio River Valley Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-206) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Claiming space -- Planting a place -- Creating a subregional hub -- Connecting East and West -- The dimensions of the riverine economy -- The western country -- Ohio's economy transformed -- A new sense of place.

Sommario/riassunto

""Gruenwald's book will make the same contribution to historical                knowledge of the Ohio Valley as Lewis Atherton's Frontier Merchant did for our                understanding of the mercantile Midwest in the mid-nineteenth century.... a finely                crafted narrative that lets the reader understand that the Ohio River always served                more as an artery, that is, a river of commerce, than a dividing line or                boundary."" -- R. Douglas Hurt, author of The Ohio                



FrontierRiver of Enterprise explores the role the Ohio played in