BUILDERS OF OHIO

Van Tine and Pierces Builders of Ohio is composed of twenty-four essays that use biography to explore Ohio''s history. Collectively they provide a historical overview of the state''s development from George Croghan''s search for fame and fortune on the seventeenth-century frontier through Dave Thomas''s more recent creation of a fast-food empire. Each chapter also addresses important events and transformations in the state''s history such as: European settlement; Native American resistance; the creation of territorial and state governments; the development of the state''s educational and economic institutions; the disruption created by the Civil War; the struggle of African Americans and women to participate in Ohio''s public life; efforts to ameliorate the pernicious effects of industrialization; the negotiation of the state''s role in a nation increasingly dominated by the federal government; or the ramifications of de-industrialization and rise of a service economy.