A new history of Kentucky

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A new history of Kentucky / Lowell H. Harrison and James C. Klotter.

Harrison, Lowell H. (Lowell Hayes), 1922-2011 (Author). Klotter, James C. (Added Author).

Summary:

The first comprehensive history of the state since the publication of Thomas D. Clark's landmark History of Kentucky over sixty years ago. A New History of Kentucky brings the Commonwealth to life, from Pikeville to the Purchase, from Covington to Corbin, this account reveals Kentucky's many faces and deep traditions. Lowell Harrison, professor emeritus of history at Western Kentucky University, is the author of many books, including George Rogers Clark and the War in the West, The Civil War in Kentucky, Kentucky's Road to Statehood, Lincoln of Kentucky, and Kentucky's Governors.

"[B]rings the Commonwealth [of Kentucky] to life."--Cover.

Record details

ISBN: 081312008X
ISBN: 9780813120089
Physical Description: xvi, 533 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Publisher: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, �1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Maps of Kentucky and places in Kentucky on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-499) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: pt. 1. Kentucky before 1820. A place called Kentucke -- Exploring the Western waters -- Settling a new land -- The years of the American Revolution -- The road to statehood -- From constitution to constitution, 1792-1799 -- Kentucky in the new nation, 1792-1815 -- Kentucky after fifty years of settlement -- pt. 2. Kentucky, 1820-1865. Politics and politicians, 1820-1859 -- Economic development -- Social and cultural changes -- Slavery and antislavery -- The road to war -- The Civil War -- pt. 3. Kentucky after 1865. 1865 and after -- Reconstruction, readjustment, and race, 1865-1875 -- Decades of discord, 1875-1900 -- Progressivism, prohibition, and politics, 1900-1920 -- Bourbon barons, tobacco tycoons, and king coal: the economy, 1865-1995 -- Culture and communications, 1865-1995 -- The transitional twenties -- Old problems and a New Deal -- Education and equality, 1865-1995 -- A half century of Kentucky politics -- New challenges, old tradtions.