03117oam 22007094a 450 991045001380332120210104162536.01-282-06312-X97866120631210-253-10937-X(CKB)1000000000006945(EBL)130894(OCoLC)179126409(SSID)ssj0000283767(PQKBManifestationID)11256017(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283767(PQKBWorkID)10248023(PQKB)10752550(MdBmJHUP)muse16620(MiAaPQ)EBC130894(EXLCZ)99100000000000694520020122d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRiver of Enterprise[electronic resource] The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 /Kim M. GruenwaldBloomington Indiana University Pressc20021 online resource (232 p.)Midwestern history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-34132-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-206) and index.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.""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 inMidwestern history and culture.PioneersOhioMariettaBiographyMerchantsOhioMariettaBiographyPioneersOhio River ValleyHistoryMerchantsOhio River ValleyHistoryFrontier and pioneer lifeOhio River ValleyRegionalismOhio River ValleyHistoryOhio River ValleyCommerceSocial aspectsHistoryOhio River ValleyEconomic conditionsOhio River ValleySocial conditionsElectronic books.PioneersMerchantsPioneersHistory.MerchantsHistory.Frontier and pioneer lifeRegionalismHistory.977.02977/.02Gruenwald Kim M(Kim Marie)1039588MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910450013803321River of Enterprise2461907UNINA