Few American states can match the rich and diverse transportation heritage of Ohio. Every major form of public conveyance eventually served the Buckeye state. From the Canal Age to the Interurban Era, Ohio emerged as a national leader. The state's central location, abundant natural resources, impressive wealth, shrewd business leadership, and episodes of good fortune explain the dynamic nature of its transport past.
"Ohio on the Move" is the first systematic scholarly account of the transportation history of Ohio. To date, little has appeared on several subjects discussed here, including...

Few American states can match the rich and diverse transportation heritage of Ohio. Every major form of public conveyance eventually served the Buckeye state. From the Canal Age to the Interurban Era, Ohio emerged as a national leader. The state's central location, abundant natural resources, impressive wealth, shrewd business leadership, and episodes of good fortune explain the dynamic nature of its transport past. Ohio on the Move is the first systematic scholarly account of the transportation history of Ohio. To date, little has appeared on several subjects discussed here, including...

This is the first volume of a projected four-volume edition of the select correspondence, speeches, and documents of Robert A. Taft(1889-1953), son of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. The series makes available key documents of Taft's career, Ohio and Midwestern history, U.S. political and diplomatic history, and the study of conservative political theory. And it sheds light on one of the few political dynasties in U.S. history.

Robert A. Taft began his public career in the Republican party of his native Cincinnati and later worked in close association with Herbert...

Robert A. Taft, prominent political leader and vocal critic of the expanding powers of the federal government and of the enlargement of America's international commitments, played a significant role in the development of Republican party politics.

This second volume of The Papers of Robert A. Taft documents the Ohioan's first term in the United States Senate and marks his entrance onto the national political and policy-making stage.

This third volume in the series documents Robert A. Taft's experience through World War II and his early postwar years. After winning a tough reelection battle as senator from Ohio in 1944, Taft move steadily upward in the leadership ranks of his party and assumed a preeminent position among the bipartisan group of conservatives that increasingly dominated Congress.

This volume continues the contribution that The Papers of Robert A. Taft provides to the study of United State political and diplomatic history, Ohio history, and conservative political theory.

The final volume of the Taft papers

This fourth and final volume of a selected edition of the papers of Robert A. Taft documents Taft's post-World War II and congressional experiences until his death in 1953.

Regardless of his conservative commitments, Taft saw the need for responsible reform. In the immediate postwar years, he recognized the need for federal aid to education, for social welfare legislation that assisted the poor, and for federal support for public housing. Out of political necessity, Taft became more partisan as the 1950 senatorial campaign...