Always a River

by Reid, Robert L.

• ISBN13: 9780253222572
• ISBN10: 0253222575
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-29
• Publisher: Quarry Books

Summary

The ever-changing Ohio River flows through time as well as space, connecting us with the past as it links Pittsburgh with Cincinnati, Cairo, and New Orleans.Always a Riverviews the Ohio through the perspective of history, geography, political science, economics, and literature. Essays by Scott Russell Sanders, John A. Jakle, Hubert G. H. Wilhelm, Michael Allen, Darrel E. Bigham, Leland R. Johnson, and Boyd Keenan tell about the settlement period of the river, its economic importance, the different phases of engineering over a long period of time, and the river as an eco-political system. This revised edition includes a new introduction with a historical overview, as well as an up-to-date map and index.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

New Introduction For The Second Edition

The Force of Moving Water

the Ohio Valley Revisited: Images from Nicholas Cresswell and Reuben Gold Thwaites

Settlement and Selected Landscape Imprints in the Ohio Valley

the Ohio River: Artery of Movement

River of Opportunity: Economic Consequences of the Ohio

Engineering the Ohio

an Ecopolitical System of Global Significance

Notes on the Illustrations

Selected Bibliography

Notes on the Contributors

Index

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