A history of manufactures in the Ohio Valley to the year 1860.
Series: Perspectives in American history,
Publisher: Porcupine Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Manufacturing industries -- Ohio River Valley.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 199-204.
Reprint of the 1914 ed. published by Knickerbocker Press, New York.
Originally presented as the author's thesis, University of Chicago, 1912.
Table of contents: title: 1. Resources of the Ohio Valley; title: -Introduction; title: -General Features of Resources; title: -Topography; title: -Soil and Climate; title: -Navigable Waterways; title: -Timber Resources; title: -Mineral Resources (coal, iron, lead, salt, other); title: -Animals; title: -Summary; title: 2. Industry during the Period of Exploration; title: -Characteristics of the industry; title: -Distribution of Population; title: -Economic Conditions in Upper and Lower Louisiana; title: -The Ohio Valley from 1700 to 1763 (commerce, Manufactures in Illinois Country); title: -The Effect of the Fur Trade on other Industries; title: -The Ohio Valley during the French and Indian Wars; title: -Elements of Weakness in the French System; title: -The Ohio Valley from 1763 to 1790 (Changes in population, industrial changes); title: -Conclusion; title: 3. The Pioneer Period; title: -Introductions; title: -Population (growth from 1790-1830); title: -Transportation and Commerce; title: -Manufactures; title: -Hindrances to the Growth of Manufactures; title: -Rise of Manufactures (flour and meal, whiskey, clothing, cotton and woolen goods, iron, ship and steamboat building, hemp, meat packing, salt, paper and printing, glass, lead, other); title: -Conclusion; title: 4. The Mill Period; title: -Introduction; title: -Population (growth 1830-1860); title: -Commerce (internal improvements, railways); title: -Manufactures, 1830-1860 (changing industrial conditions, growth of manufactures); title: -General Summary; title: -Bibliography; title: -Index