Only as regional commercial concerns gave way to statewide industrial concerns, and as artificial transportation networks such as canals and railroads supplanted the river, did those living to the north define the Ohio as a boundary.

Preliminary Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Across the Mountains
1.Claiming Space
2.Planting a Place
Part II: The Western Country
3.Creating a Subregional Hub
4.Connecting East and West
5.The Dimensions of Riverine Economy
6.The Western Country
Part III: The Buckeye State
7.Ohio's Economy Transformed
8.A New Sense of Place
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index