LEADER 03299nam 2200637 450 001 9910459561203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8963-2 010 $a0-8131-5749-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334300 035 $a(EBL)1915489 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001440992 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11831461 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001440992 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11392366 035 $a(PQKB)11334524 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915489 035 $a(OCoLC)645868564 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44515 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915489 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11009746 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691216 035 $a(OCoLC)900344878 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334300 100 $a20150205h19981998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTowns & villages of the lower Ohio /$fDarrel E. Bigham 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1998. 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 225 1 $aOhio River Valley Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-59934-3 311 $a0-8131-2042-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a9 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 330 $aAmerica. Enterprise. Metropolis. Cairo. Rome. These are a few of the grandly named villages and towns along the lower Ohio River. The optimism with which early settlers named these towns reveals much about the history of American expansion. Though none became the next great American city, it was not for lack of ambition or entrepreneurial spirit. Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither? How did Evansville become the largest and most influential city in the region? How did smaller cities 410 0$aOhio River Valley series. 606 $aCity and town life$zOhio River Valley$xHistory 607 $aOhio River Valley$xHistory, Local 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCity and town life$xHistory. 676 $a976.9 700 $aBigham$b Darrel E.$01051770 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459561203321 996 $aTowns & villages of the lower Ohio$92482529 997 $aUNINA