Cleveland,9780253211477

Cleveland

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780253211477
ISBN10: 0253211476
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-09-01
Publisher(s): Indiana Univ Pr
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Summary

This highly successful short history of Cleveland has now been revised and brought up to date through 1996, the bicentennial year, including two new chapters, and new illustrations and charts.

Author Biography

Carol Poh Miller is a historical consultant in Cleveland. She has written extensively on Cleveland history and architecture, for which she received the Public Education and Awareness Award from the Ohio Historical Society in 1988. Robert Wheeler is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Cleveland State University. He has written extensively on early Cleveland history.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition ix
Preface to the First Edition x
Authors' Acknowledgments xii
Introduction xiii
Part One A COMMERCIAL HAMLET IS FOUNDED
Founding and Formation of the Settlement: 1796-1800
7(8)
Survival Assured: 1800-1811
15(6)
Hamlet as Village: 1812-1824
21(10)
Part Two COMMERCIAL VILLAGE TO COMMERCIAL CITY
Canal Village to Provincial Center: 1825-1845
31(18)
A National Urban Center Emerges: 1845-1860
49(20)
Part Three RISE OF THE INDUSTRIAL CITY
A City Transformed: 1860-1869
69(8)
The Industrial Age: 1870-1899
77(23)
The Progressive Years: 1900-1914
100(13)
Metropolitan Expansion: 1915-1929
113(16)
Part Four TOWARD THE POSTINDUSTRIAL CITY
An End to Prosperity: 1930-1939
129(17)
War and Renewal: 1940-1949
146(10)
Exodus and Decline: 1950-1965
156(10)
The Loss of Confidence: 1966-1979
166(16)
Comeback City? 1980-1989
182(10)
``The New American City'': 1990-1996
192(15)
Appendixes
A. Population, City of Cleveland, 1830-1990
199(1)
B. Foreign-Born and United States-Born Clevelanders, 1880 and 1920
200(1)
C. Birthplaces of Clevelanders, 1880 and 1920
201(1)
D. Cleveland Mayors (by year)
202(2)
E. Further Readings
204(3)
Index 207

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