Ohio A History of the Buckeye State

Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State explores the breadth of Ohio’s past, tracing the course of history from its earliest geological periods to the present day in an accessible, single-volume format.

• Features the most up-to-date research on Ohio, drawing on material in the disciplines of history, archaeology, and political science
• Includes thematic chapters focusing on major social, economic, and political trends
• Amply illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs

Kevin F. Kern is Associate Professor of History at the University of Akron. He is currently completing a history of the Galton Society, an early 20th-century U.S. eugenics organization.

Gregory S. Wilson is Associate Professor of History at the University of Akron. He is the author of Communities Left Behind: The Area Redevelopment Administration, 1945 – 1965.

Acknowledgments
List of Figures

Chapter 1: Ohio Before Ohio: State Geology and Topography

        Geology
        Topography
        Importance of Ohio Geology and Topography

Chapter 2: The First Ohioans: Prehistoric Ohio

        PaleoIndian Period (c. ? – c. 11,000 years ago)
        The Archaic Period (c. 11,000 – c. 2,800 years ago)
        The Woodland Period (c. 3,000 – c. 1,000  years ago)
        Late Prehistoric Period (c. 1,100 – c. 400 years ago)

Chapter 3: The Middle Ground: European and Native American Interaction in Ohio
 
        Early Effects of European Contact
        Ohio as “The Middle Ground”
        Colonial Wars and Life in Middle Ground Ohio

Chapter 4: War and Peace: The End of “Middle Ground” Ohio

        The Resistance of 1763
        Lord Dunmore’s War
        The American Revolution
        The Western Confederacy and the End of the Middle Ground

Chapter 5: The Ohio Experiment: Formation of the Northwest Territory, Early American Settlements, and Statehood

        Clearing Title and Related Problems
        Organizing Ohio and the Birth of the Public Land System
        Early Ohio Settlements
        From Territory to State

Chapter 6: A Community of Communities: Early Ohio Society

        Demographics
        Social Conflict
        Reform

Chapter 7: Revolutions: Early Ohio Economic Developments

        Early Ohio’s Economy
        Economic Revolutions

Chapter 8: From Periphery to Center: Early Statehood and National Politics

        Early Statehood Politics
        The War of 1812
        State and National Politics, 1815-1836
        Political Ascendance and Its Problems
        Sectional Politics and the End of the Second Party System
        The Constitution of 1851

Chapter 9: Ohio Must Lead!: The Civil War and Reconstruction

        Ohio and the Civil War
        Ohio’s Civil War Contribution: A Summary
        The Reconstruction Period, 1865-77

Chapter 10: Why Ohio? Late Nineteenth Century Politics and Presidents

        Why Ohio?
        State Politics
        Ohio’s Presidents from Hayes to McKinley

Chapter 11: The Making of an Industrial State: 1865 to 1920

        Industrialization
        Location and Transportation
        Natural Resources
        Finances, Entrepreneurs, and Innovation
        People
        Industrial Work and the Rise of Organized Labor

Chapter 12: Urban Life, Leisure and Political Activism, 1880-1920

        Urban Life and Leisure
        Urban Political Reform
        Women’s Activism
        Education

Chapter 13: Reform and the Great War, 1912-1920

        The 1912 State Constitution
        The 1912 Elections
        The Flood of 1913
        Ohio and the Great War
        The 1920 Election

Chapter 14: Boom, Bust and War: 1920 to 1945

        The Economy and Politics in the 1920s
        Social and Cultural Conflict
        Literary Critics of Ohio
        The Great Depression and the New Deal
        World War II

Chapter 15: Affluence and Anticommunism, 1945-1966

        The Postwar Boom
        Migration and the Changing Cities
        The Cold War and Ohio Politics

Chapter 16: Rebellion and Reaction: The 1960s

        The Struggle for Black Equality
        Carl and Louis Stokes
        Resurgence of Women’s Activism
        Emerging Environmental Issues
        Escalation: Vietnam and Politics
        Campus Unrest and the Kent State Shootings

Chapter 17: Ohio Since 1970

        Stagnation and Decline
        Politics in the 1970s and 1980s
        Towards the Future: Ohio since the 1990s
        Summing Up: Ohio as America

Index

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