Description
Book SynopsisScholars working in archaeology, education, history, geography, and politics tell a nuanced story about the people and dynamics that reshaped this region and determined who would control it. This volume retells a worn story as one of contested spaces, competing visions of nationhood, and complicated relations with Native American peoples.
Trade Review“Provides new and fresh insights into the settlement of the Ohio country.”
“An important collection of essays that should find abundant and long-term use in the classroom.”
Table of ContentsForeword by M. DUANE NELLIS
Introduction by BRIAN SCHOEN
PART I: First Nations
1 The True Pioneers: A Brief Overview of Prehistoric Native Americans in Ohio, by JOSEPH A. M. GINGERICH
2 Situating Settlement in Ohio: The Eighteenth Century from Local and Atlantic Perspectives, by CAMERON SHRIVER
3 Who Speaks in the Name of the Miami Nation? by JOHN BICKERS
PART 2: American Foundations
4 Ohio, the Northwest Ordinance, and the Constitutional Foundations of the United States, by JESSICA CHOPPIN RONEY
5 Selective Migration and the Production of Ohio’s Regional Cultural Landscapes: A Genealogical Geography, by TIMOTHY G. ANDERSON
6 (Re)tracing Zane: Zane’s Trace and Production of Space in the Ohio Country, by WILLIAM M. HUNTER
7 Ice Water Baths and Rising Waters: Dudley Woodbridge Jr.’s Commercial Connections along the Ohio and Its Tributaries in the Early Republic, by KIM M. GRUENWALD
8 Johnny Appleseed and Apple Cultures in Early Ohio, by WILLIAM KERRIGAN
PART 3: ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES
9 What If Manasseh Cutler Were Black? The History of the Diverse Pioneers Who Created Ohio, by ANNA-LISA COX
10 Federalist Failure: Conflict and Disorder in the Northwest Territory, by JOSEPH THOMAS ROSS
11 Public Education in the Old Northwest: Legacies of Ohio’s First Land Grant, by ADAM R. NELSON
Conclusion, by TIMOTHY G. ANDERSON
Afterword: History vs. Legacy, by CHIEF GLENNA J. WALLACE
