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Porcupine Press
Language
English
Pages
214

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Philadelphia

Table of Contents

1. Resources of the Ohio Valley
-Introduction
-General Features of Resources
-Topography
-Soil and Climate
-Navigable Waterways
-Timber Resources
-Mineral Resources (coal, iron, lead, salt, other)
-Animals
-Summary
2. Industry during the Period of Exploration
-Characteristics of the industry
-Distribution of Population
-Economic Conditions in Upper and Lower Louisiana
-The Ohio Valley from 1700 to 1763 (commerce, Manufactures in Illinois Country)
-The Effect of the Fur Trade on other Industries
-The Ohio Valley during the French and Indian Wars
-Elements of Weakness in the French System
-The Ohio Valley from 1763 to 1790 (Changes in population, industrial changes)
-Conclusion
3. The Pioneer Period
-Introductions
-Population (growth from 1790-1830)
-Transportation and Commerce
-Manufactures
-Hindrances to the Growth of Manufactures
-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)
-Conclusion
4. The Mill Period
-Introduction
-Population (growth 1830-1860)
-Commerce (internal improvements, railways)
-Manufactures, 1830-1860 (changing industrial conditions, growth of manufactures)
-General Summary
-Bibliography
-Index

Edition 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.

Series
Perspectives in American history,

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
338.4/7/670977
Library of Congress
HD9727.A25 L56 1974

The Physical Object

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vii, 214 p.
Number of pages
214

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OL5425210M
Internet Archive
historyofmanufac0000lipp
ISBN 10
0879913401
LCCN
73019608
Library Thing
1927102
Goodreads
5073446

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