River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850

(5)
River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 image
ISBN-10:

0253341329

ISBN-13:

9780253341327

Released: Sep 10, 2002
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Related ISBN: 9780253109378

Description:

"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 Frontier

River of Enterprise explores the role the Ohio played in the lives of three generations of settlers from the river’s headwaters at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the falls at Louisville, Kentucky. Part One examines the strategies of colonists who coveted lands "Across the Mountains" as space to be conquered. Part Two traces the emergence of a new region in a valley transformed by commerce as the Ohio River became the artery of movement in "the Western Country." Part Three reveals how relations between neighbors across the river cooled as residents of "the Buckeye State" came to regard the river as the boundary between North and South. From 1790 to 1830, the Ohio River nurtured a regional identity as Americans strove to create an empire based on the ties of commerce in frontier Ohio and Kentucky, and the backcountry of Pennsylvania and Virginia.

The book studies the local, regional, and national connections created by merchants by tracing the business world of the Woodbridge family of Marietta, Ohio. Only as regional commercial concerns gave way to statewide industrial concerns, and as artificial transportation networks such as canals and railroads supplanted the river, did those living to the north define the Ohio as a boundary.

Best prices to buy, sell, or rent ISBN 9780253341327




Frequently Asked Questions about River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850

You can buy the River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 book at one of 20+ online bookstores with BookScouter, the website that helps find the best deal across the web. Currently, the best offer comes from and is $ for the .

The price for the book starts from $28.29 on Amazon and is available from 14 sellers at the moment.

If you’re interested in selling back the River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 book, you can always look up BookScouter for the best deal. BookScouter checks 30+ buyback vendors with a single search and gives you actual information on buyback pricing instantly.

As for the River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 book, the best buyback offer comes from and is $ for the book in good condition.

The River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 book is in very low demand now as the rank for the book is 4,477,122 at the moment. A rank of 1,000,000 means the last copy sold approximately a month ago.

The highest price to sell back the River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850 book within the last three months was on November 29 and it was $0.65.