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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
The Cincinnati Literary Gazette
Author: American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular
Author: Rafinesque
Author: T. J. FitzpatrickPublisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Cincinnati, Queen City of the West, 1819-1838
Author: Daniel AaronPublisher: Ohio State University Press
ISBN: 0814205704
Category : Cincinnati (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Daniel Aaron, one of todays foremost scholars of American history and American studies, began his career in 1942 with this classic study of Cincinnati in frontier days. Aaron argues that the Queen City quickly became an important urban center that in many ways resembled eastern cities more than its own hinterlands, with a populace united by its desire for economic growth. Aaron traces Cincinnati's development as a mercantile and industrial center during a period of intense national political and social ferment. The city owed much of its success as an urban center to its strategic location on the Ohio River and easy access to fertile backcountry. Despite an early over-reliance on commerce and land speculation and neglect of manufacturing, by 1838 Cincinnati's basic industries had been established and the city had outstripped her Ohio River rivals. Aaron's account of Cincinnati during this tumultuous period details the ways in which Cincinnatians made the most of commerce and manufacturing, how they met their civic responsibilities, and how they survived floods, fires, and cholera. He goes on to discuss the social and cultural history of the city during this period, including the development of social hierarchies, the operations of the press, the rage for founding societies of all kinds, the response of citizens to national and international events, the commercial elite's management of radicals and nonconformists, the nature of popular entertainment and serious culture, the efforts of education, and the messages of religious institutions. For historians, particularly those interested in urban and social history, Daniel Aaron's view of Cincinnati offers a rare opportuniry to viewantebellum American society in a microcosm, along with all of the institutions and attitudes that were prevalent in urban America during this important time.
Filson Club Publications
Author: The Life and Writings of Rafinesque
Author: Richard Ellsworth CallPublisher:
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Category : Botanists
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The New-York Literary Gazette and American Athenaeum
Author: American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette
Author: Charles R. RodePublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio
Author: American Publishers' Circular and Literary Gazette
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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