Kern, Kevin F.

Ohio : a history of the Buckeye State / Kevin F. Kern and Gregory S. Wilson. - 1 online resource (543 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ohio before Ohio: state geology and topography -- The first Ohioans: prehistoric Ohio -- The middle ground: European and Native American interaction in Ohio -- War and peace: the end of "middle ground" Ohio -- The Ohio experiment: formation of the Northwest Territory, early American settlements, and statehood -- A community of communities: early Ohio society -- Revolutions: early Ohio economic developments -- From periphery to center: early statehood and national politics -- The end of the second party system -- Ohio must lead!: the Civil War and reconstruction -- Why Ohio? Late nineteenth century politics and presidents -- The making of an industrial state: 1865 to 1920 -- Urban life, leisure and political activism, 1880-1920 -- Reform and the Great War, 1912-1920 -- Boom, bust and war: 1920 to 1945 -- Affluence and anticommunism, 1945-1966 -- Rebellion and reaction: the 1960s -- Ohio since 1970.

9781118548547 (e-book)


Ohio--History.


Electronic books.

F491 / .K47 2014eb

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