{"product_id":"ohio-isbn-9781119708476","title":"Ohio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new edition of the most up-to-date, interdisciplinary history of Ohio currently available\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in its second edition,\u003ci\u003e Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State \u003c\/i\u003esurveys the long and rich history of Ohio from its earliest geological periods to the present day. Designed for undergraduate students and general readers alike, this accessible volume describes the pivotal events in Ohio’s history while discussing the major social, economic, and political trends that have shaped the state over time. Concise chapters cover Ohio prehistory and the First Ohioans, European contact, the formation of the Northwest Territory, early statehood and national politics, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the two World Wars, the 1950s and 1960s, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncorporating the latest scholarship from history, archaeology, and political science, the second edition moves the story of Ohio into the second decade of the twenty-first century. Revised chapters contain new data and updated coverage of early Ohio society, major economic developments, early statehood, Ohio and national politics, and Ohio from the 1970s through 2020. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the breadth of Ohio’s past using a clear and engaging narrative style\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes thematic chapters focusing on major social, economic, and political trends\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses Ohio’s influence on national nineteenth-century politics \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the geological and topographical history of Ohio\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines Ohio’s transformation into an industrial state from 1865–1920\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains numerous high-quality maps, drawings, and photographs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by two authors with decades of combined academic experience in teaching Ohio history, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOhio: A History of the Buckeye State, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e remains an essential resource for college-level students enrolled in courses on Ohio History, professionals working in historical societies, museums, and other institutions that focus on the state’s history, and general readers looking for a highly readable study of Ohio’s past. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Ohio Before Ohio: State Geology and Topography 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeology 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTopography 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImportance of Ohio Geology and Topography 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The First Ohioans: Pre-European Contact Ohio 20\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaleo-Indian Period (c. ?-c. 11,000 years ago) 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Archaic Period (c. 11,000-c. 2,800 years ago) 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Woodland Period (c. 2,800-c. 1,000 years ago) 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLate Precontact Period (c. 1,100-c. 400 years ago) 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Middle Ground: European and Indigenous Interaction in Ohio, Early 1600s to 1763 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Effects of European Contact 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOhio as \"The Middle Ground\" 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonial Wars and Life in Middle Ground Ohio 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 War and Peace: The End of \"Middle Ground\" Ohio, 1763 to 1795 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Resistance of 1763 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLord Dunmore's War 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Revolution 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Western Confederacy and the End of the Middle Ground 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Ohio Experiment: Formation of the Northwest Territory, Early American Settlements, and Statehood, 1783-1803 100\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClearing Title and Related Problems 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganizing Ohio and the Birth of the Public Land System 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Ohio Settlements 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Territory to State 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Ohio Statehood: A Thematic Approach 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 A Community of Communities: Early Ohio Society 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemographics 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Conflict 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReform 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Revolutions: Early Ohio Economic Developments 160\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Ohio's Economy 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Revolutions 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 From Periphery to Center: Early Statehood and National Politics 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Statehood Politics 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe War of 1812 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState and National Politics, 1815-36 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical Ascendance and Its Problems 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSectional Politics and the End of the Second Party System 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Constitution of 1851 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Ohio Must Lead! The Civil War and Reconstruction 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOhio and Sectional Conflict 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOhio and the Civil War 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOhio's Civil War Contribution: A Summary 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reconstruction Period, 1865-77 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Why Ohio? Late Nineteenth-Century Politics and Presidents 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Ohio? 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eState Politics 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOhio's Presidents from Hayes to McKinley 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 The Making of an Industrial State: 1865-1920 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrialization 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocation and Transportation 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNatural Resources 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinances, Entrepreneurs, and Innovation 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMigrants and Immigrants 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrial Work and the Rise of Organized Labor 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary Critiques 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Urban Life, Leisure, and Political Activism: 1880-1920 315\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Life and Leisure 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Political Reform 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen's Activism 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Reform and the Great War: 1912-1920 339\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1912 State Constitution 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1912 Elections 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Flood of 1913 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOhio and the Great War 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Influenza Epidemic 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Postwar Crisis and the 1920 Election 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Boom, Bust, and War: 1920-1945 360\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Economy and Politics in the 1920s 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial and Cultural Conflict 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Depression and the New Deal 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorld War II 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt War's End 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Affluence and Anticommunism 391\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Postwar Boom 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMigration and the Changing Cities 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cold War and Ohio Politics 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Rebellion and Reaction: The 1960s 420\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Struggle for Black Equality 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarl and Louis Stokes 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResurgence of Women's Activism 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmerging Environmental Issues 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEscalation: Vietnam and Politics 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampus Unrest and the Kent State Shootings 445\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Falling Behind: Ohio since the 1970s 451\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeindustrialization 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDealing with Decline: Ohio's Shifting Politics in the 1970s and 1980s 460\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Rightward Turn: Politics at the turn of the Twenty-first Century 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecent Demographics and Epidemics 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Battleground No More? Politics since 2016 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSumming Up: Ohio as America 480\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading 482\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 483\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKEVIN F. KERN \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of History at the University of Akron. He is currently working on a book about the history of football in Ohio. Dr. Kern has published several articles and book chapters on Ohio history and the history of anthropology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGREGORY S. WILSON \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at the University of Akron, where he regularly teaches courses on U.S., Ohio, and public history. His other published works include books on the Area Redevelopment Administration, the Kent State shootings, and the Kepone environmental disaster.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR THE NEW EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The story of this foundational state is expertly told in these pages by Kevin Kern and Gregory Wilson, who have been digging into and explaining the Buckeye State's history for decades from their vantage point in northeastern Ohio. All Buckeyes and all Americans who care about the development of the Midwest and its great influence on American life should read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJon K. Lauck, \u003c\/b\u003eEditor-in-Chief, \u003ci\u003eMiddle West Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR PRIOR EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Providing a much-needed and up-to-date history of the Buckeye State, this book will quickly become the standard text for college-level Ohio history courses. It is readable, comprehensive, and well researched.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eL. Diane Barnes, \u003c\/b\u003eYoungstown State University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The best book on Ohio's history in more than a generation. Kern and Wilson have written a comprehensive, readable, invaluable history of the Buckeye State. A terrific read and a reliable reference.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eR. Douglas Hurt, \u003c\/b\u003ePurdue University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow in its second edition, \u003ci\u003eOhio: A History of the Buckeye State\u003c\/i\u003e surveys the long and rich history of Ohio from its earliest geological periods to the present day. Designed for undergraduate students and general readers alike, this accessible volume describes the pivotal events in Ohio’s history while discussing the major social, economic, and political trends that have shaped it over time. Concise chapters cover Ohio’s geological history, the First Ohioans, European contact and conflict in the Ohio Country, the formation of the Northwest Territory, early statehood and national politics, the Civil War, Reconstruction, Ohio as a late 19th early 20th century political and economic powerhouse, the two World Wars, the 1950s and 1960s, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncorporating the latest scholarship from history, archaeology, and political science, the second edition moves the story of Ohio into the second decade of the twenty-first century. Revised chapters contain new data and updated coverage of early Ohio society, major economic developments, early statehood, Ohio and national politics, and Ohio from the 1970s through the early 2020s. It is the most up-to-date, interdisciplinary history of the state currently available.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing a wealth of high-quality maps, illustrations, and photographs, \u003ci\u003eOhio: A History of the Buckeye State, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e remains an essential resource for undergraduate students, professionals working in historical societies and museums, and general readers looking for a highly readable study of Ohio history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989710586085,"sku":"NP9781119708476","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119708476.jpg?v=1761785200","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ohio-isbn-9781119708476","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}