Kentucky rising : democracy, slavery, and culture from the early republic to the Civil War /

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Kentucky's first settlers brought with them a dedication to democracy and a sense of limitless hope about the future. Determined to participate in world progress in science, education, and manufacturing, Kentuckians wanted to make the United States a great nation. They strongly supported the Wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ramage, James A.
Other Authors: Watkins, Andrea S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky : Kentucky Historical Society, ©2011.
Subjects:
1792-1899
Political culture > Kentucky > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Kentucky.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Economic history
Political culture
Politics and government
Slavery
Social conditions
Kentucky > History > 1792-1865.
Kentucky > Social conditions > 19th century.
Kentucky > Politics and government > 1792-1865.
Kentucky > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Kentucky > Histoire > 1792-1865.
Kentucky > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Kentucky > Politique et gouvernement > 1792-1865.
Kentucky > Conditions économiques > 19e siècle.
Kentucky
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Henry Clay, Part One; 2. Henry Clay, Part Two; 3. Art and Architecture; 4. Politics, Stump Speaking, and How the West Was Won; 5. Half Horse and Half Alligator; 6. Steamboats, Entertainment, Journalism, and Culture; 7. Religion and Women; 8. Mexican War; 9. Surgery, Medical Botany, and Science; Photo Insert; 10. Calomel, Cholera, and Science; 11. The Experience of Slavery; 12. The Politics of Slavery; 13. Civil War, Part One; 14. Civil War, Part Two; 15. Civil War, Part Three; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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