Towns & villages of the lower Ohio

Towns & villages of the lower Ohio / Darrel E. Bigham.

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: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1998.
Series:Ohio River Valley series.
Subjects:
City and town life > Ohio River Valley > History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
City and town life
Nederzettingen.
Ohio River Valley > History, Local.
Ohio River Valley
History
Local history
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • 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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