BUILDERS OF OHIO: BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

by WARREN VAN TINE, MICHAEL PIERCE

Overview

Van Tine and Pierces "Builders of Ohio is composed of twenty-four essays that use biography to explore Ohio's history. Collectively, they provide a historical overview of the state's development from George Croghan's search for fame and fortune on the seventeenth-century frontier through Dave Thomas's more recent creation of a fast-food empire. Each chapter also addresses important events and transformations in the state's history such as: European settlement; Native American resistance; the creation of territorial and state governments; the development of the state's educational and economic institutions; the disruption created by the Civil War; the struggle of African Americans and women to participate in Ohio's public life; efforts to ameliorate the pernicious effects of industrialization; the negotiation of the state's role in a nation increasingly dominated by the federal government; or the ramifications of de-industrialization and rise of a service economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814251218
Publisher:	Ohio State University Press
Publication date:	12/15/2003
Edition description:	1
Pages:	338
Product dimensions:	(w) x (h) x 0.80(d)