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" A new history of Kentucky / "
Lowell H. Harrison and James C. Klotter.
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BL
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636087
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dltt
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Harrison, Lowell H., (Lowell Hayes),1922-2011.
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A new history of Kentucky /\ Lowell H. Harrison and James C. Klotter.
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| Publication Statement
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Lexington, Ky. :: University Press of Kentucky,, c1997.
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xvi, 533 p. :: ill., maps ;; 26 cm.
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081312008X (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780813120089 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Maps of Kentucky and places in Kentucky on endpapers.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-499) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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"[B]rings the Commonwealth [of Kentucky] to life."-cover.
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Kentucky, History.
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F451.H315 1997
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Klotter, James C.
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