Format:
1 online resource (543 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781118548547
Series Statement:
New York Academy of Sciences Series
Content:
Intro -- Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Ohio Before Ohio: State Geology and Topography -- Geology -- Precambrian era -- Paleozoic era -- Topography -- Allegheny uplift -- Teays River -- Glaciation -- Importance of Ohio Geology and Topography -- Minerals -- Hydrocarbons -- Water -- Soils -- Further Reading -- 2 The First Ohioans: Prehistoric Ohio -- Paleo-Indian Period (c. ?-c. 11,000 years ago) -- The Archaic Period (c. 11,000-c. 2,800 years ago) -- Early Archaic (c. 11,000-c. 9,000 years ago) -- Middle Archaic (c. 9,000-c. 6,000 years ago) -- Late Archaic (c. 5,700-c. 2,800 years ago) -- The Woodland Period (c. 3,000-c. 1,000 years ago) -- Early Woodland (c. 3,000-c. 2,000 years ago) -- Middle Woodland (c. 2,100 -c. 1,500 years ago) -- Late Woodland (c. 1,500-c. 1,100 years ago) -- Late Prehistoric Period (c. 1,100-c. 400 years ago) -- Further Reading -- 3 The Middle Ground: European and Native American Interaction in Ohio -- Early Effects of European Contact -- Ohio as "The Middle Ground" -- Colonial Wars and Life in Middle Ground Ohio -- Resettlement and conflict -- Anglo-French-Indian wars -- The End of French North America -- Further Reading -- 4 War and Peace: The End of "Middle Ground" Ohio -- The Resistance of 1763 -- Lord Dunmore's War -- The American Revolution -- The Western Confederacy and the End of the Middle Ground -- Further Reading -- 5 The Ohio Experiment: Formation of the Northwest Territory, Early American Settlements, and Statehood -- Clearing Title and Related Problems -- Organizing Ohio and the Birth of the Public Land System -- Congressional ordinances -- Early surveys and settlement -- Early Ohio Settlements -- Settlers: Old versus new -- The first official settlements -- From Territory to State -- Further Reading.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781118548295
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781118548295
Language:
English
