Towns & villages of the lower Ohio / Darrel E. Bigham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bigham, Darrel E., author.

Series:

Ohio River Valley series.

Ohio River Valley Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City and town life--Ohio River Valley--History.

City and town life.

Ohio River Valley--History, Local.

Ohio River Valley.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1998.

Language Note:

English

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

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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813189635

0813189632

9780813157498

0813157498

OCLC:

645868564