River of enterprise : the commercial origins of regional identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 /
"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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
©2002.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 025310937X 9780253109378 9780253341327 0253341329 0253108519 9780253108517 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Series: | Midwestern history and culture.
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| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |