Towns and Villages of the Lower Ohio /

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America. Enterprise. Metropolis. Cairo. Rome. These are a few of the grandly named villages and towns along the lower Ohio River. The optimism with which early settlers named these towns reveals much about the history of American expansion. Though none became the next great American city, it was not...

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Autor principal: Bigham, Darrel E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nederzettingen.
City and town life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Vie urbaine > Ohio, Vallee de l' > Histoire.
City and town life > Ohio River Valley > History.
Ohio River Valley.
Ohio, Vallee de l' > Histoire locale.
Ohio River Valley > History, Local.
Local history.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Part 1 Lower Ohio River Settlements, 1792-1818; 1 Hamlets and Villages; 2 Understanding Patterns of Growth; Part 2 The Age of the Transportation Revolution, 1815-1850; 3 The Sifting Process Begins; 4 Perspectives on Lower Ohio River Communities; 5 Change and Continuity; Part 3 Communities in the Civil War Era, 1850-1880; 6 The Sifting Process Quickens; 7 People and Products; 8 Government, Society, and Culture; Part 4 The Industrial-Metropolitan Age, 1880-1920
  • 9 Patterns of Communities' Growth and Development10 Making a Living; 11 Living Together: Society and Culture; Conclusion: Continuity and Change on the Lower Ohio; Appendix 1: Population Tables; Appendix 2: Settlements on the Lower Ohio River; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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