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River, reaper, rail : agriculture and identity in Ohio's Mad River Valley, 1795-1885 / Timothy H.H. Thoresen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thoresen, Timothy H. H. (Timothy Hans Hale), 1944- author.
- Series:
- Ohio history and culture
- Series on Ohio history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture.
- History.
- Mad River (Ohio).
- Ohio.
- Ohio--Mad River.
- Agriculture--Ohio--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 279 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- 2 The People and Their Culture p. 6
- 3 Claiming the Land, and Settling In p. 12
- 4 Traditions and Revisions p. 23
- 5 The Transportation Problem p. 30
- 6 Making Do, With Roads and Without p. 35
- 7 New Connections, New Directions p. 41
- 8 Urbana p. 51
- 9 The Prospect of a Railroad p. 56
- 10 Changing Prospects p. 62
- 11 Reapers p. 74
- 12 Improving the Land p. 95
- 13 Organizing for Improvement: An Agricultural Society p. 102
- 14 Geography, Generation, Gender: Union Township, 1860 p. 114
- 15 Adaptive Diversity p. 130
- 16 The Relevance of Horses p. 143
- 17 Making Sense of Civil War p. 153
- 18 Distant Fields p. 170
- 19 Common Ground p. 186.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781629220765
- 1629220760
- OCLC:
- 1035396814
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