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River of Enterprise [electronic resource] : The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 / Kim M. Gruenwald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gruenwald, Kim M. (Kim Marie)
- Series:
- Midwestern history and culture.
- Midwestern history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pioneers--Ohio--Marietta--Biography.
- Pioneers.
- Merchants--Ohio--Marietta--Biography.
- Merchants.
- Woodbridge family.
- Pioneers--Ohio River Valley--History.
- Merchants--Ohio River Valley--History.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Ohio River Valley.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Regionalism--Ohio River Valley--History.
- Regionalism.
- Ohio River Valley--Commerce--Social aspects--History.
- Ohio River Valley.
- Ohio River Valley--Economic conditions.
- Ohio River Valley--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-206) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-06312-X
- 9786612063121
- 0-253-10937-X
- OCLC:
- 179126409
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