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A New History of Kentucky / Edition 2
- ISBN-10:
- 0813176301
- ISBN-13:
- 9780813176307
- Pub. Date:
- 11/26/2018
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- ISBN-10:
- 0813176301
- ISBN-13:
- 9780813176307
- Pub. Date:
- 11/26/2018
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
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Overview
At its essence, Kentucky's story is about its people—not just the notable and prominent figures but also lesser-known and sometimes overlooked personalities. The human spirit unfolds through the lives of individuals such as Shawnee peace chief Nonhelema Hokolesqua and suffrage leader Madge Breckinridge, early land promoter John Filson, author Wendell Berry, and Iwo Jima flag–raiser Private Franklin Sousley. They lived on a landscape defined by its topography as much as its political boundaries, from Appalachia in the east to the Jackson Purchase in the west, and from the Walker Line that forms the Commonwealth's southern boundary to the Ohio River that shapes its northern boundary. Along the journey are traces of Kentucky's past—its literary and musical traditions, its state-level and national political leadership, and its basketball and bourbon. Yet this volume also faces forthrightly the Commonwealth's blemishes—the displacement of Native Americans, African American enslavement, the legacy of violence, and failures to address poverty and poor health.
A New History of Kentucky ranges throughout all parts of the Commonwealth to explore its special meaning to those who have called it home. It is a broadly interpretive, all-encompassing narrative that tells Kentucky's complex, extensive, and ever-changing story.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813176307 |
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Publisher: | University Press of Kentucky |
Publication date: | 11/26/2018 |
Edition description: | second edition |
Pages: | 584 |
Sales rank: | 519,597 |
Product dimensions: | 7.30(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.60(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables xii
Preface xvii
1 A Place Called Kentucke 1
Creating the Hunting Grounds 1
From Prehistory to History 6
Two Women in the French and Indian War 10
The Long Hunters 14
The Fallacies of Kentucky Frontier History 18
2 The Invasion of Kentucky 20
Lord Dunmore's War 20
Planting Kentucky 24
Keeping the Family Together 29
Cornstalk, Blackfish, and Plukkemehnotee 34
The Rise of George Rogers Clark 38
Daniel Boone Was a Big Man 42
3 Colonial Kentucky, 1774-1792 47
Landscapes of an American Colony 47
The Great Migration 51
A Society with Slaves in a Slave Society 56
Patriarchy, Women, and Families 60
The Road to Statehood 63
The Vanishing Indian 67
4 Kentucky in the New Nation 70
The First Constitution of Kentucky, 1792 70
The Village West 73
Old Problems in a New State 78
Slavery, Marriage, and Keeping the Peace 81
The Kentucky Resolutions 83
Penal and Constitutional Reform 86
5 The First Generation of Kentuckians 89
The Frontier Heritage 89
Louisiana and the Burr Conspiracy 92
The War of 1812 94
Patriotism and Panic 99
The Fire Bell in the Night 104
Four Biographies from a Generation 106
6 The World They Made 111
Binding the Commonwealth Together 111
Economic Innovations 116
Becoming a Slave Society 122
The Refinement of Kentucky 125
A Great Revival and a Greater Awakening 130
7 The Age of the Whigs 135
Rise of the Second Party System 135
Kentucky and the Nation 139
The Last of the Whig Governors 143
Romanticism in the Commonwealth 146
The Heyday of Antislavery 151
The Constitution of 1850 154
8 Antebellum Kentucky 158
The Slaves' Cause 158
Sectionalism and the Rise of the Democrats 163
The Politics of Neutrality 167
Union, Secession, and the Kentucky Belle 170
The Invasions of Kentucky 174
9 The Civil War in a Border State 178
The Confederate Occupation 178
The Romanticism of Raiding 183
War on the Homefront 190
African Kentuckians and the End of Slavery 193
The Price of War 197
How Kentucky Became Confederate 199
10 1865 and After 206
The Kentucky World of 1865 206
Continuity and Change 209
Rural and Small-Town Life 211
The Urban Commonwealth 216
Leisure Time 219
11 Reconstruction, Readjustment, and Race, 1865-1875 223
Freedom 223
Political Decisions, 1865-1868 228
Bourbons and New Departure Democrats 231
The Stevenson Administration and Black Rights 232
The Leslie Years, 1871-1875 234
12 Decades of Discord, 1875-1900 237
The Political System 237
General Violence 239
Feud Violence 241
Kentucky Images and Appalachian Stereotypes 244
The McCreary Administration and Health Care, 1875-1879 245
The Blackburn Governorship and the Prison Issue 248
Knott, Buckner, and "Honest Dick" Tate, 1883-1891 250
A New Constitution 252
Populism in the Chaotic 1890s 253
Political, Tailgate, and Other Wars 255
Goebel! 257
13 Progressivism, Prohibition, and Politics, 1900-1920 260
Assassination of a Governor 260
Bosses and Beckham 262
Prohibition and Progressivism 265
The Black Patch War and the Night Riders 266
The Politics of Progressivism 269
Child Labor, Women's Rights, and Race Relations 273
World War I 276
14 Bourbon Barons, Tobacco Tycoons, and King Coal: The Economy, 1865-2015 279
Agriculture 279
Changing Crop Patterns 279
Livestock 283
"The Feds," the Family Farm, and Agribusiness 284
Commerce 287
The Falls City and Urbanization 290
Fragile Finances 291
Toward a Twenty-First-Century Economy 292
King Coal and the Mineral World 294
Rivers, Rails, and Roads 299
15 Culture and Communications, 1865-2015 305
The Press 305
Literature: The Rise to Prominence 308
The Maturing of the Literary Craft 311
New Generations of Writers 316
Historical Writing 318
Poets, Artists, Architects, and More 320
The Sounds of Music 324
Theater, Radio, and Film 326
16 The Transitional Twenties 330
Mindsets, Morals, and Manners 330
The Counterattack: Evolution and the Klan 332
Bosses, the Bipartisan Combine, and the Governors 336
Beckham and Betting 342
17 Old Problems and a New Deal 345
Economic Want 345
Depression-Era Politics 347
The New Deal 349
Labor and the Coal Wars 351
Happy 353
World War II 356
Wartime Politics 359
18 Education and Equality, 1865-2015 362
Shaping the System, 1865-1908 362
Separate and Unequal 365
Whirlwinds and Doldrums, 1908-1954 367
Before Brown 370
Implementing Integration 372
Civil Rights in the Sixties and Beyond 374
Kentucky Education Reform Act 378
Higher Education 380
19 A Half Century of Kentucky Politics, 1945-1995 386
Democratic Ascendancy 386
Happy Days Again? 388
The Sixties 392
Republican Resurgence and Retreat 399
New Politics or No Politics? 401
Boptrot and Beyond 406
20 A Political Metamorphosis, 1995-2015 410
The Patron Years 411
A New Era for Republicans? 413
The Hiring Scandal 415
Beshear and the Budget 417
The Federal Scene 419
Congressional Races 422
The Governor's Race, 2015 423
Politics Present and Future 424
21 New Challenges, Old Traditions 425
Images 425
Trends I 430
Trends II 434
Change and Nostalgia 438
Continuity 440
Frontiers 442
Appendix A Some Facts and Figures 445
Appendix B Kentucky's Governors 447
Appendix C Kentucky's Counties 453
Selected Bibliography 457
Acknowledgments 513
Index 515
What People are Saying About This
"This newly revised edition reflects the latest scholarship about the commonwealth and its peoples. What is more, it is written in an engaging, accessible manner that will appeal to students and history-minded Kentuckians alike."
"This truly new history of Kentucky combines masterful storytelling, cultural depth, and a wealth of fresh evidence. Inclusive and illuminating, it is a welcome look at the region's diverse peoples, entrenched myths, and frequently hidden realities. The authors balance the Commonwealth's political past against lesser-known traditions and ideas that shaped ordinary lives on a considerable scale. The New History of Kentucky is an exciting, rich narrative for the twenty-first century!"
"In 1997 the late Lowell H. Harrison and James C. Klotter published the monumental A New History of Kentucky, the first major reinterpretation of the commonwealth's history in six decades. Now, in this new edition, Klotter and historian Craig Thompson Friend bring the story of Kentucky's past up into the second decade of the twenty-first century. Not only does this fast-paced, detailed, and beautifully-written second edition detail Kentucky's contemporary history, but it thoroughly revises the state's antebellum decades. Richly illustrated and documented, this major text underscores the complexities of Kentucky's people their contradictions, their triumphs, and their tragedies. Readers will find Klotter and Friend's book a people's history a penetrating look at and an appreciation of those who consider the commonwealth their home, now and then." John David Smith, co-editor of A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky
"Kentucky's history is rich in drama, diversity, and significance. Using a breadth of past and present research, James C. Klotter and Craig Thompson Friend have written an extensive, yet entertaining, narrative of Kentucky's past. Their work includes important analysis of the roles played by Native Americans, African Americans, and women in the forging of the state, and updates the political, social, and economic history into twenty-first century Kentucky. This book will be valued by academics, students, and readers of history alike." Andrea Watkins, Northern Kentucky University
"This newly revised edition reflects the latest scholarship about the commonwealth and its peoples. What is more, it is written in an engaging, accessible manner that will appeal to students and history-minded Kentuckians alike." Thomas H. Appleton Jr., Eastern Kentucky University
"This second edition offers readers a fresh and wonderfully engaging perspective of Kentucky history. It skillfully captures the images, individuals, and institutions that have given Kentucky its distinct character. It offers an intimate and insightful portrayal of the changes and controversies in Kentucky history. Lastly, it is an impressive blend of state and national history." Gerald L. Smith, co-editor of The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia
"This truly new history of Kentucky combines masterful storytelling, cultural depth, and a wealth of fresh evidence. Inclusive and illuminating, it is a welcome look at the region's diverse peoples, entrenched myths, and frequently hidden realities. The authors balance the Commonwealth's political past against lesser-known traditions and ideas that shaped ordinary lives on a considerable scale. The New History of Kentucky is an exciting, rich narrative for the twenty-first century!" Melissa A. McEuen, co-editor of Kentucky Women: Their Lives and Times
"This second edition offers readers a fresh and wonderfully engaging perspective of Kentucky history. It skillfully captures the images, individuals, and institutions that have given Kentucky its distinct character. It offers an intimate and insightful portrayal of the changes and controversies in Kentucky history. Lastly, it is an impressive blend of state and national history."
"In 1997 the late Lowell H. Harrison and James C. Klotter published the monumental A New History of Kentucky, the first major reinterpretation of the commonwealth's history in six decades. Now, in this new edition, Klotter and historian Craig Thompson Friend bring the story of Kentucky's past up into the second decade of the twenty-first century. Not only does this fast-paced, detailed, and beautifully-written second edition detail Kentucky's contemporary history, but it thoroughly revises the state's antebellum decades. Richly illustrated and documented, this major text underscores the complexities of Kentucky's people—their contradictions, their triumphs, and their tragedies. Readers will find Klotter and Friend's book a people's history—a penetrating look at and an appreciation of those who consider the commonwealth their home, now and then."
"Kentucky's history is rich in drama, diversity, and significance. Using a breadth of past and present research, James C. Klotter and Craig Thompson Friend have written an extensive, yet entertaining, narrative of Kentucky's past. Their work includes important analysis of the roles played by Native Americans, African Americans, and women in the forging of the state, and updates the political, social, and economic history into twenty-first century Kentucky. This book will be valued by academics, students, and readers of history alike."