A new history of Kentucky

Lowell Hayes Harrison

University Press of Kentucky, 1997 - History - 533 pages

" 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.

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Review: A New History of Kentucky

User Review  - Duane Bolin - Goodreads

The textbook for my History of Kentucky class. Written by the late Lowell Harrison and Kentucky's State Historian and Georgetown College Professor James Klotter. The book to buy on Kentucky history.

Review: A New History of Kentucky

User Review  - Taryn - Goodreads

My only complaints about this textbook would be its tendency to be redundant and its assumption of the reader's prior knowledge. Otherwise, great read with helpful information concerning the history of Kentucky.

Contents

• A Place Called Kentucke: 5
• The Kentuckians Called Indians: 6
• Two Women in Kentucky: 9
• The Long Hunters in Kentucky: 10
• Daniel Boone is Enthralled with Kentucky: 11
• Exploring the Western Waters: 15
• The Role of the Land Companies: 16
• Official Interest in the West: 17
• On the Eve of Settlement: 18
• The Boundaries of Kentucky: 20
• The Physiographic Regions: 22
• Settling a New Land: 24
• Boonesborough Boone and Henderson: 25
• Benjamin Logan and St Asaph: 29
• A Government for Kentucky: 30
• The Years of the American Revolution: 33
• Daniel Boone and Chief Black Fish: 35
• George Rogers Clark and the Illinois Campaign: 39
• Continued Indian Activity: 41
• Defeat at Lower Blue Licks: 43
• The Treaty of Paris 1783: 45
• The Road to Statehood: 48
• Land Claims in Kentucky: 52
• Background to Separation from Virginia: 55
• Starting toward Statehood: 56
• Nine Conventions but Not a State: 58
• The Virginia Compact: 60
• Drafting the 1792 Constitution: 61
• The 1792 Constitution: 63
• From Constitution to Constitution 17921799: 65
• The New Land Policy: 68
• Indian Problems in the Northwest Territory: 70
• Slavery Remains an Issue: 71
• Political Parties and the Democratic Society: 72
• A Few Good Federalists: 74
• Moving toward a New Constitution: 75
• Kentuckys Second Constitution 1799: 77
• Kentucky in the New Nation 17921815: 80
• A New Penal Code: 83
• The Burr Conspiracy: 85
• Continued Problems with Europe and the Indians: 87
• In Defense of Neutral Rights: 88
• Henry Clay the War Hawk: 89
• The War of 1812 in the Northwest: 90
• The Battle of New Orleans: 93
• Kentucky after Fifty Years of Settlement: 96
• The Missouri Compromise: 97
• The Kentuckians of the 1820s: 98
• The Rise of the Cities: 99
• Characteristics of Kentuckians: 104
• Kentucky 18201865: 107
• Politics and Politicians 18201859: 109
• The Second Party System: 112
• The Whig Ascendancy: 113
• The Mexican War: 115
• The 1850 Constitution: 117
• Henry Clay for President: 119
• Parties in Turmoil: 121
• Economic Development: 125
• Agriculture: 133
• Manufacturing: 138
• The Extractive Industries: 141
• Commerce: 142
• Banks and Money: 143
• Revenue and Taxation: 144
• Social and Cultural Changes: 146
• Public Education: 148
• Higher Education: 151
• Religion: 153
• Literature: 157
• Newspapers: 158
• Medicine: 159
• Amusements: 160
• Architecture: 164
• Art and Artists: 165
• Slavery and Antislavery: 167
• Slave Ownership and Distribution: 168
• Legal Status: 169
• Food Clothing and Shelter: 170
• A Black Subculture: 173
• The Defense of Slavery: 174
• Abolition and Emancipation: 175
• Colonization: 176
• Antislavery in the 1850s: 178
• Free at Last: 179
• The Road to War: 181
• Sectional Disputes 18541860: 182
• The Election of 1860: 183
• Efforts to Find a Compromise: 185
• Governor Magoffin in the Crisis: 186
• The 1861 Elections: 189
• A Fragile Neutrality: 190
• The End of Neutrality: 191
• The Provisional Government of Confederate Kentucky: 192
• Magoffin Resigns: 194
• The Civil War: 195
• Early Engagements 1861 1862: 196
• The Confederate Invasion Summer 1862: 198
• The Raids Continue: 202
• Guerrilla Warfare 18631865: 204
• CivilMilitary Relations: 205
• Economic Aspects of the War: 207
• Social Aspects of the War Years: 209
• Two Vital Changes: 210
• The Promise Unfulfilled: 211
• Kentucky after 1865: 213
• 1865 and After: 215
• Continuity and Change: 218
• Rural and SmallTown Life: 220
• The Urban Commonwealth: 226
• Leisure Time: 229
• Reconstruction Readjustment and Race 18651875: 234
• Political Decisions 18651868: 239
• Bourbons and New Departure Democrats: 242
• The Stevenson Administration and Black Rights: 243
• The Leslie Years 1871 1875: 245
• Decades of Discord 18751900: 249
• General Violence: 251
• Feud Violence: 253
• Kentucky Images and Appalachian Stereotypes: 255
• The McCreary Administration and HealthCare 18751879: 257
• The Blackburn Governorship and the Prison Issue: 259
• Knott Buckner and Honest Dick Tate18831891: 261
• A New Constitution: 264
• Populism in the Chaotic 1890s: 265
• PoliticalTollgate and Other Wars: 267
• Goebel: 269
• Progressivism Prohibition and Politics 19001920: 272
• Bosses and Beckham: 274
• Prohibition and Progressivism: 277
• The Black Patch War and the Night Riders: 279
• The Politics of Progressivism: 282
• Child LaborWomens Rights and Race Relations: 286
• World War I: 289
• Bourbon Barons Tobacco Tycoons and King Coal The Economy 18651995: 292
• Livestock: 296
• The Feds the Family Farm and Agribusiness: 297
• Commerce: 300
• The Falls City and Urbanization: 302
• Fragile Finances: 304
• The Late TwentiethCentury Economy: 305
• King Coal and the Mineral World: 307
• Rivers Rails and Roads: 312
• Culture and Communications 18651995: 317
• The Rise to Prominence: 321
• The Maturing of the Literary Craft: 324
• New Generations of Writers: 330
• Historical Writing: 332
• Poets Artists Architects and More: 333
• The Sounds of Music: 337
• Theater Radio and Film: 340
• The Transitional Twenties: 343
• Evolution and the Klan: 346
• Bosses the Bipartisan Combine and the Governors: 349
• Beckham and Betting: 355
• Old Problems and a New Deal: 359
• Depression Era Politics: 362
• The New Deal: 363
• Labor and the Coal Wars: 365
• Happy: 367
• World War II: 370
• Wartime Politics: 373
• Education and Equality 18651995: 376
• Separate and Unequal: 379
• Whirlwinds and Doldrums 19081954: 382
• Before Brown: 385
• Implementing integration: 387
• Civil Rights in the Sixties and Beyond: 389
• Kentucky Education Reform Act: 391
• Higher Education: 393
• A Half Century of Kentucky Politics: 400
• Happy Days Again?: 403
• The Sixties: 406
• Republican Resurgence and Retreat: 413
• New Politics or No Politics?: 416
• BOPTROT and Beyond: 420
• New Challenges Old Traditions: 426
• Trends I: 431
• Trends II: 436
• Change and Nostalgia: 438
• Continuity: 440
• Frontiers: 442
• Some Facts and Figures: 445
• Kentuckys Governors: 446
• Kentuckys Countries: 451
• Selected Bibliography: 453
• Acknowledgements: 500
• Index: 503

About the author

Harrison is professor emeritus of history at Western Kentucky University.

James C. Klotter is professor of history at Georgetown College and the state historian of Kentucky. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including "A New History of Kentucky,"

Freda C. Klotter has twenty-five years of classroom experience and currently serves as an educational consultant for the nonprofit Kentucky Collaborative for Teaching and Learning.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A new history of Kentucky
• Author: Lowell Hayes Harrison
• Contributor: James C. Klotter
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 1997
• ISBN: 081312008X, 9780813120089
• Length: 533 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / General