Taking the town : collegiate and community culture in the Bluegrass, 1880-1917 /

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Taking the Town: Collegiate and Community Culture in the Bluegrass, 1880-1917 explores culture and intellectual life in Lexington, Kentucky, at the turn of the twentieth century. Drawing from local newspapers and from the work of historians and other writers, Kolan Thomas Morelock reveals Lexington...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morelock, Kolan Thomas, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : Univ. Press of Kentucky, ©2008.
Colección:Thomas D. Clark studies in education, public policy, and social change.
Temas:
1800-1999
Universities and colleges > Social aspects > Kentucky > Lexington > History.
College students > Kentucky > Lexington > Societies, etc. > History.
Clubs > Kentucky > Lexington > History.
Community life > Kentucky > Lexington > History.
Universités > Aspect social > Kentucky > Lexington > Histoire.
Étudiants > Kentucky > Lexington > Associations > Histoire.
Clubs > Kentucky > Lexington > Histoire.
Communauté > Kentucky > Lexington > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Clubs
College students > Societies, etc.
Community life
Intellectual life
Manners and customs
Social conditions
Universities and colleges > Social aspects
Lexington (Ky.) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Lexington (Ky.) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Lexington (Ky.) > Social life and customs.
Lexington (Ky.) > Social conditions.
Kentucky > Lexington
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Taking the Town: Collegiate and Community Culture in the Bluegrass, 1880-1917 explores culture and intellectual life in Lexington, Kentucky, at the turn of the twentieth century. Drawing from local newspapers and from the work of historians and other writers, Kolan Thomas Morelock reveals Lexington to be a city of contradictions: known as a cultural "Athens of the West," it also struggled with the poverty, ignorance, and bigotry characteristic of southern communities after the Civil War. Taking the Town examines the contributions to local culture made by the literary and dramatic clubs prevale
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 422 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-394) and index.
ISBN:9780813173054
0813173051
9780813135113
0813135117

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