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Item Details
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TOWNS & VILLAGES OF THE LOWER OHIO
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| By: |
Darrel E. Bigham |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£36.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
081312042X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813120423 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY |
| Pub. date: |
11 December, 1997 |
| Series: |
The Ohio River Valley series |
| Pages: |
334 |
| Description: |
Cairo. Rome. Enterprise. Metropolis. These are but a few of the grand names given to early settlements along the lower Ohio River. So why didn't a major city develop from at least one of these early visions? Historian Darrel Bigham reveals the complex forces that shaped these little places in America. His intimate knowledge of the area discloses fundamental truths about the American dream and how human decisions affected a town's prosperity. 40 illustrations. |
| Synopsis: |
Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither? How did Evansville become the largest and most influential city in the region? How did smaller cities such as Owensboro and Paducah succeed? Regardless of how appealing a locale looked on the map, luck, fate, culture, and leadership all helped determine success or failure. The fate of Cairo, Illinois - on paper an ideal site for a metropolis - emphasizes the extent to which human decisions, rather than physical landscape, affected a town's prosperity. The location of a canal or railroad terminus, the construction of a factory, or the activities of local boosters all matter greatly. Darrel Bigham examines these towns and villages from the 1790s, when the first settlements appeared, to the 1920s, when the modern pattern of life associated with automobiles, economic upheaval, and mass culture emerged. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations, maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
The University Press of Kentucky |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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