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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bigham, Darrel E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 for lack of ambition or entrepreneurial spirit. Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither? How did Evansville become the largest and most influential city in the region? How did smaller cities.
Physical Description:1 online resource (400 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780813157498

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