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Kentucky's Frontier Highway : Historical Landscapes along the Maysville Road /
This book is a history of the Maysville Road, a route that served as a theatre of local settlement, an engine of economic development, a symbol of the national political process, and an essential part of the Underground Railroad. The authors chart its transformation from an ancient footpath used by...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book is a history of the Maysville Road, a route that served as a theatre of local settlement, an engine of economic development, a symbol of the national political process, and an essential part of the Underground Railroad. The authors chart its transformation from an ancient footpath used by Native Americans and early settlers to a central highway, examining the effect that its development had on the evolution of transportation technology as well as the usage and abandonment of other thoroughfares, and illustrating how this historic road shaped the wider American landscape. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (424 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813136660 0813136660 9780813140698 0813140692 |