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Philadelphia Merchants on Western Waters: Commerce and Empire in the Riverine West, 1750-1803

By Kim M. Gruenwald
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By Kim M. Gruenwald
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How Philadelphia merchants forged trade networks that fueled America's westward expansion.

Finalist for 2026 Hagley Prize in Business History from the Hagley Museum and Library and the Business History Conference

Why did the Midwest become part of the United States instead of remaining under English, Spanish, or Native control? In Philadelphia Merchants on Western Waters, historian Kim M. Gruenwald reveals commerce and trade, rather than war and political conflict, as the driving force behind...

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