Download or read book Cincinnati Queen City of the West 1819 1838 written by Daniel Aaron and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Aaron, one of todays foremost scholars of American history and American studies, began his career in 1942 with this classic study of Cincinnati in frontier days. Aaron argues that the Queen City quickly became an important urban center that in many ways resembled eastern cities more than its own hinterlands, with a populace united by its desire for economic growth. Aaron traces Cincinnati's development as a mercantile and industrial center during a period of intense national political and social ferment. The city owed much of its success as an urban center to its strategic location on the Ohio River and easy access to fertile backcountry. Despite an early over-reliance on commerce and land speculation and neglect of manufacturing, by 1838 Cincinnati's basic industries had been established and the city had outstripped her Ohio River rivals. Aaron's account of Cincinnati during this tumultuous period details the ways in which Cincinnatians made the most of commerce and manufacturing, how they met their civic responsibilities, and how they survived floods, fires, and cholera. He goes on to discuss the social and cultural history of the city during this period, including the development of social hierarchies, the operations of the press, the rage for founding societies of all kinds, the response of citizens to national and international events, the commercial elite's management of radicals and nonconformists, the nature of popular entertainment and serious culture, the efforts of education, and the messages of religious institutions. For historians, particularly those interested in urban and social history, Daniel Aaron's view of Cincinnati offers a rare opportuniry to viewantebellum American society in a microcosm, along with all of the institutions and attitudes that were prevalent in urban America during this important time.
Download or read book The Cincinnatian written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greetings from Cincinnati written by Mary L. Martin and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A grand river city in southwestern Ohio, Cincinnati is rich in history and exquisite charm. Experience unparalleled architecture and art such as that seen at Union Terminal and the Eden Park Conservatory, powerful waterfront and landscapes skirting the magnificent Ohio River, and entertainment sites including the wondrous Ohio Grove Amusement Park "The Coney Island of the West." Over 225 vintage hand-tinted postcards will immerse you in the nostalgic quality of this "Queen City."
Download or read book Annual Statements of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on the Commerce and Navigation of the United States for the Fiscal Year Ended written by United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report or Report of the Secretary of War written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the Chief of Engineers U S Army written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .
Download or read book Report written by United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of Examination of Ohio River with a View to Obtaining Channel Depths of 6 and 9 Feet Respectively written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Report on the Internal Commerce of the United States written by United States. Bureau of statistics (Treasury dept.) and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Cincinnati Arch written by John Tallmadge and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What wilderness lover, asks John Tallmadge, "would ever dream of settling deep in the Rust Belt astride polluted rivers?" The Cincinnati Arch holds the provocative answer to Tallmadge's question, which was prompted by his unplanned relocation from rural Minnesota to urban Ohio. Tallmadge tells of dismaying early encounters with the city's seeming barenness, his growing awareness of its vitality and abundance, and finally his new vision of all nature, from the vacant lots of his neighborhood to our great New England forests and Western deserts. New to the city, Tallmadge saw only its concrete, glass, smog, and debris. Soon his interest, stirred by the wonder of his children at their surroundings, focused Tallmadge to the "buzzing, flapping, scurrying, chewing, photosynthesizing life forms" around him. More deeply, Tallmadge began to learn from, and not just about, the city. Nature's persistence--within him and wherever he looked--wore away at old notions of wilderness that made no allowances for human culture. The "arch" of the book's title is richly resonant: as the name of a geologic formation molding the urban landscape Tallmadge comes to love; as an archetypal building form; and, in its parabolic shape, as a metaphor for life's journey. Filled with luminous lessons of mindfulness, attentiveness, and other spiritual practices, this is a hopeful guide to finding nature and balance in unlikely places.
Download or read book Report of the Chief of Engineers written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stepping Out in Cincinnati written by Allen J. Singer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before folks had a television set and radio in every room, they sought entertainment by stepping out for a night on the town. The choices around Cincinnati were nearly limitless: live theater at the Cox; spectacular musicals at the Shubert; hotels featuring fine dining and dance orchestras; talking pictures at everyoneA[a¬a[s favorite movie palaceA[a¬athe Albee; burlesque and vaudeville shows at the Empress Theater on Vine Street; and gambling casinos were just a short drive across the river in Newport. All of the major entertainment venues in the Queen City during the first half of the 20th century are explored in Stepping out in Cincinnati. From saloons to ornate movie palaces and from the Cotton Club to the Capitol, you join those pleasure seekers, getting a real sense of what they saw: wonderful events and their countless imagesA[a¬athe things of which fond memories were made. Today, those memories have faded and virtually all of the once-glittering showplaces have been bulldozed into history. But within these pages, we get to experience first hand what it was like to be there. Unique among the many photographs featuring unforgettable movie houses and nightclub orchestras are never-before-published images of actual live vaudeville performances onstage at the Shubert, plus rare, clandestine pictures snapped inside the casinos in Newport. Also revealed are the locations of the better-known speakeasies during Prohibition; where the best halls to dance to live orchestras were; what the earliest movie houses were like; and what black Cincinnatians did for entertainment.
Download or read book Annual Report of the Secretary of War written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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