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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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Main Author: Gruenwald, Kim M. (Kim Marie)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Woodbridge family.
Regionalism > Ohio River Valley > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Ohio River Valley.
Merchants > Ohio River Valley > History.
Pioneers > Ohio River Valley > History.
Merchants > Ohio > Marietta > Biography.
Pioneers > Ohio > Marietta > Biography.
Ohio River Valley > Social conditions.
Ohio River Valley > Economic conditions.
Ohio River Valley > Commerce > Social aspects > History.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:025310937X
9780253109378
9780253341327
0253341329
0253108519
9780253108517
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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.

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