Builders of Ohio

A Biographical History

• Author(s): Warren R. Van Tine, Michael Dale Pierce,
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Pages: 338
• ISBN_10: 0814209513
  ISBN_13: 9780814209516
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Biography & Autobiography / Political , Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers , Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists , Business & Economics / General , History / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) ,

Description:... 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.