Builders of Ohio: Biographical History

By Warren R. Van Tine

Book 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.

• Format: CD-ROM
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814290248
• ISBN13: 9780814290248
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 3.9" x 4.0"