Crooked deals and broken treaties : how American Indians were displaced by White settlers in the Cuyahoga Valley / by John Tully.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tully, John A. (John Andrew), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Ohio--Cuyahoga River Valley--History--18th century.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Ohio--Cuyahoga River Valley--History--19th century.

Frontier and pioneer life--Ohio--Cuyahoga River Valley.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Cuyahoga River Valley (Ohio)--History--18th century.

Cuyahoga River Valley (Ohio).

Cuyahoga River Valley (Ohio)--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Monthly Review Press, 2016.

Summary:

Long before the smokestacks and factories of industrial Akron rose from Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley, the region was a place of tense confrontation.Beginning in the early 19th-century, white settlers began pushing in from the east, lured by the promise of cheap (or free) land.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowldgements""; ""A Note on Terminology""; ""Preface""; ""1. THE SETTLEMENT OF SUMMIT COUNTY: The Early Years""; ""2. THE ECOLOGICAL COST OF TRANSFORMATION""; ""3. THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY ON THE EVE OF WHITE SETTLEMENT""; ""4. OVER THE ALLEGHENIES: An Unfolding Calamity""; ""5. THE EMBERS OF AN ALMOST EXTINGUISHED RACE""; ""Afterword""; ""Bibliography""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-58367-569-8

OCLC:

928486096