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Philadelphia Merchants on Western Waters: Commerce and Empire in the Riverine West, 1750-1803

Philadelphia Merchants on Western Waters: Commerce and Empire in the Riverine West, 1750-1803 - Hardcover

by Kim M. Gruenwald
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kim M. GruenwaldPublish date:9/9/2025Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9781421452159ISBN-10:1421452154UPC:9781421452159Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, ModernBook Topic:State & Local, American, 18th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC096BDB50

Philadelphia Merchants on Western Waters: Commerce and Empire in the Riverine West, 1750-1803

How Philadelphia merchants forged trade networks that fueled America's westward expansion.

Why did the Midwest become part of the United States instead of remaining under English, Spanish, or Native control? In Philadelphia Merchants on Western Waters, historian Kim M. Gruenwald reveals commerce and trade, rather than war and political conflict, as the driving force behind America's westward...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Johns Hopkins University PressISBN-13:9781421452159ISBN-10:1421452154UPC:9781421452159Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, ModernBook Topic:State & Local, American, 18th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC096BDB50

Kim M. Gruenwald is an associate professor of history at Kent State University. She is the author of River of Enterprise: The Commercial Origins of Regional Identity in the Ohio Valley, 1790-1850.


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