BUILDERS OF OHIO: A Biographical History

BUILDERS OF OHIO: A Biographical History by VAN TINE, WARREN. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9780814251218.

Van Tine and Pierces "Builders of Ohio is composed of twenty-four essays that use biography to explore Ohios history. Collectively, they provide a historical overview of the states development from George Croghans search for fame and fortune on the seventeenth-century frontier through Dave Thomass more recent creation of a fast-food empire. Each chapter also addresses important events and transformations in the states history such as: European settlement; Native American resistance; the creation of territorial and state governments; the development of the states educational and economic institutions; the disruption created by the Civil War; the struggle of African Americans and women to participate in Ohios public life; efforts to ameliorate the pernicious effects of industrialization; the negotiation of the states role in a nation increasingly dominated by the federal government; or the ramifications of de-industrialization and rise of a service economy.