Bluegrass renaissance : the history and culture of central Kentucky, 1792-1852 /

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Originally established in 1775 the town of Lexington, Kentucky grew quickly into a national cultural center amongst the rolling green hills of the Bluegrass Region. Nicknamed the ""Athens of the West, "" Lexington and the surrounding area became a leader in higher education, visu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Klotter, James C., Rowland, Daniel B. (Daniel Bruce), 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2012.
Temas:
1700-1899
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Intellectual life
Manners and customs
Lexington (Ky.) > History > 18th century.
Lexington (Ky.) > History > 19th century.
Lexington (Ky.) > Social life and customs.
Lexington (Ky.) > Intellectual life.
Lexington Region (Ky.) > History > 18th century.
Lexington Region (Ky.) > History > 19th century.
Lexington Region (Ky.) > Social life and customs.
Lexington Region (Ky.) > Intellectual life.
Kentucky > Lexington
Kentucky > Lexington Region
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Overview and Comparisons
  • Central Kentucky's "Athens of the West" Image in the Nation and in History / James C. Klotter
  • Putting Kentucky in Its Place / Stephen Aron
  • Kentucky's "Athens of the West" Viewed in a "Distant Mirror" / Shearer Davis Bowman
  • Part 2. Facets of Life
  • Slavery and Abolition in Kentucky : "Patter-rollers were everywhere" / Gerald L. Smith
  • "Mrs. Boone, I presume?" : In Search of the Idea of Womanhood in Kentucky's Early Years / Randolph Hollingsworth
  • "A richer land never seen yet" : Horse Country and the "Athens of the West" / Maryjean Wall
  • Three Central Kentuckians, the "Bone" of Political Office, and the Kentucky Exodus, 1792-1852 / Mark V. Wetherington
  • Part 3. Science, Arts, and Education
  • Jewels in the Crown : Civic Pride and Educational Institutions in the Bluegrass, 1792-1852 / John R. Thelin
  • Horace Holley and the Struggle for Kentucky's Mind and Soul / Tom Eblen and Mollie Eblen
  • Living Hills : The Frontier Science of Rafinesque / Matthew F. Clarke
  • Lexington Limners : Portrait Painters in the "Athens of the West" / Estill Curtis Pennington
  • Public Music Making, Concert Life, and Composition in Kentucky during the Early National Period / Nikos Pappas
  • Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Neoclassical Lexington / Patrick Snadon
  • Afterword / by Jim Gray.

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