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Author:

Gruenwald, Kim M. (Kim Marie)

Title:

River of enterprise : the commercial origins of regional identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 / Kim M. Gruenwald.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xvi, 214 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Regionalism--Ohio River Valley--History.
Frontier and pioneer life--Ohio River Valley.
Merchants--Ohio River Valley--History.
Pioneers--Ohio River Valley--History.
Woodbridge family.
Merchants--Marietta--Marietta--Biography.
Pioneers--Marietta--Marietta--Biography.
Ohio River Valley--Social conditions.
Ohio River Valley--Economic conditions.
Ohio River Valley--History.--Social aspects--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-206) and index.

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.

Series:

Midwestern history and culture

ISBN:

9780253341327 (alk. paper)
0253341329 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48871720
(OCoLC)50653021

LCCN:

2002000809

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)