A New History of Kentucky

by Harrison, Lowell Hayes

• ISBN13: 9780813120089
• ISBN10: 081312008X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-27
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

" 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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi	(2)
List of Tables	xiii	(2)
Preface	xv
Part I. Kentucky before 1820	5	(104)
1. A Place Called Kentucke	5	(10)
A Newfound Paradise	5	(1)
The Kentuckians Called Indians	6	(3)
Two Women in Kentucky	9	(1)
The Long Hunters in Kentucky	10	(1)
Daniel Boone Is Enthralled with Kentucky	11	(4)
2. Exploring the Western Waters	15	(9)
The Early Explorations	15	(1)
The Role of the Land Companies	16	(1)
Official Interest in the West	17	(1)
On the Eve of Settlement	18	(2)
The Boundaries of Kentucky	20	(2)
The Physiographic Regions	22	(2)
3. Settling a New Land	24	(9)
Harrodsburg, the First Permanent Settlement	24	(1)
Boonesborough, Boone, and Henderson	25	(4)
Benjamin Logan and St. Asaph	29	(1)
Life in the Forts	29	(1)
A Government for Kentucky	30	(3)
4. The Years of the American Revolution	33	(15)
Settlements under Attack	33	(2)
Daniel Boone and Chief Black Fish	35	(4)
George Rogers Clark and the Illinois Campaign	39	(2)
Continued Indian Activity	41	(2)
Defeat at Lower Blue Licks	43	(2)
The Treaty of Paris, 1783	45	(3)
5. The Road to Statehood	48	(17)
Traveling to Kentucky	48	(4)
Land Claims in Kentucky	52	(3)
Background to Separation from Virginia	55	(1)
Starting toward Statehood	56	(2)
Nine Conventions but Not a State	58	(2)
The Virginia Compact	60	(1)
Drafting the 1792 Constitution	61	(2)
The 1792 Constitution	63	(2)
6. From Constitution to Constitution, 1792-1799	65	(15)
Starting the Government	65	(3)
The New Land Policy	68	(2)
Indian Problems in the Northwest Territory	70	(1)
Slavery Remains an Issue	71	(1)
Political Parties and the Democratic Society	72	(2)
A Few Good Federalists	74	(1)
Moving toward a New Constitution	75	(2)
Kentucky's Second Constitution, 1799	77	(3)
7. Kentucky in the New Nation, 1792-1815	80	(16)
The Kentucky Resolutions	80	(3)
A New Penal Code	83	(1)
The Louisiana Purchase	83	(2)
The Burr Conspiracy	85	(2)
Continued Problems with Europe and the Indians	87	(1)
In Defense of Neutral Rights	88	(1)
Henry Clay, the War Hawk	89	(1)
The War of 1812 in the Northwest	90	(3)
The Battle of New Orleans	93	(3)
8. Kentucky after Fifty Years of Settlement	96	(13)
The Immediate Postwar Years	96	(1)
The Missouri Compromise	97	(1)
The Kentuckians of the 1820s	98	(1)
The Rise of the Cities	99	(5)
Characteristics of Kentuckians	104	(5)
Part II. Kentucky, 1820-1865	109	(106)
9. Politics and Politicians, 1820-1859	109	(16)
The Critical Court Struggle	109	(3)
The Second Party System	112	(1)
The Whig Ascendancy	113	(2)
The Mexican War	115	(2)
The 1850 Constitution	117	(2)
Henry Clay for President	119	(2)
Parties in Turmoil	121	(4)
10. Economic Development	125	(21)
Transportation by Land and Water	125	(8)
Agriculture	133	(5)
Manufacturing	138	(3)
The Extractive Industries	141	(1)
Commerce	142	(1)
Banks and Money	143	(1)
Revenue and Taxation	144	(2)
11. Social and Cultural Changes	146	(21)
The Status of Women	146	(2)
Public Education	148	(3)
Higher Education	151	(2)
Religion	153	(4)
Literature	157	(1)
Newspapers	158	(1)
Medicine	159	(1)
Amusements	160	(4)
Architecture	164	(1)
Art and Artists	165	(2)
12. Slavery and Antislavery	167	(14)
The Black Population	167	(1)
Slave Ownership and Distribution	168	(1)
Legal Status	169	(1)
Food, Clothing, and Shelter	170	(1)
Resistance to Slavery	170	(3)
A Black Subculture	173	(1)
Breeding and Miscegenation	173	(1)
Overall Treatment of Slaves	173	(1)
The Defense of Slavery	174	(1)
The Early Opponents	174	(1)
Abolition and Emancipation	175	(1)
Colonization	176	(1)
Other Antislavery Approaches	176	(2)
Antislavery in the 1850s	178	(1)
Free at Last	179	(2)
13. The Road to War	181	(14)
Divided Sentiment in Kentucky	181	(1)
Sectional Disputes, 1854-1860	182	(1)
The Election of 1860	183	(2)
Efforts to Find a Compromise	185	(1)
Governor Magoffin in the Crisis	186	(3)
The 1861 Elections	189	(1)
A Fragile Neutrality	190	(1)
The End of Neutrality	191	(1)
The Provisional Government of Confederate Kentucky	192	(2)
Magoffin Resigns	194	(1)
14. The Civil War	195	(20)
Kentuckians at War	195	(1)
Early Engagements, 1861-1862	196	(2)
The Confederate Invasion, Summer 1862	198	(4)
The Raids Continue	202	(2)
Guerrilla Warfare, 1863-1865	204	(1)
Civil-Military Relations	205	(2)
Economic Aspects of the War	207	(2)
Social Aspects of the War Years	209	(1)
Two Vital Changes	210	(1)
The Promise Unfulfilled	211	(4)
Part III. Kentucky after 1865	215	(230)
15. 1865 and After	215	(19)
The Kentucky World of 1865	215	(3)
Continuity and Change	218	(2)
Rural and Small-Town Life	220	(6)
The Urban Commonwealth	226	(3)
Leisure Time	229	(5)
16. Reconstruction, Readjustment, and Race, 1865-1875	234	(15)
Freedom	234	(5)
Political Decisions, 1865-1868	239	(3)
Bourbons and New Departure Democrats	242	(1)
The Stevenson Administration and Black Rights	243	(2)
The Leslie Years, 1871-1875	245	(4)
17. Decades of Discord, 1875-1900	249	(23)
The Political System	249	(2)
General Violence	251	(2)
Feud Violence	253	(2)
Kentucky Images and Appalachian Stereotypes	255	(2)
The McCreary Administration and Health Care, 1875-1879	257	(2)
The Blackburn Governorship and the Prison Issue	259	(2)
Knott, Buckner, and "Honest Dick" Tate, 1883-1891	261	(3)
A New Constitution	264	(1)
Populism in the Chaotic 1890s	265	(2)
Political, Tollgate, and Other Wars	267	(2)
Goebel!	269	(3)
18. Progressivism, Prohibition, and Politics, 1900-1920	272	(20)
Assassination of a Governor	272	(2)
Bosses and Beckham	274	(3)
Prohibition and Progressivism	277	(2)
The Black Patch War and the Night Riders	279	(3)
The Politics of Progressivism	282	(4)
Child Labor, Women's Rights, and Race Relations	286	(3)
World War I	289	(3)
19. Bourbon Barons, Tobacco Tycoons, and King Coal: The Economy, 1865-1995	292	(25)
Agriculture	292	(1)
Changing Crop Patterns	292	(4)
Livestock	296	(1)
"The Feds," the Family Farm, and Agribusiness	297	(3)
Commerce	300	(2)
The Falls City and Urbanization	302	(2)
Fragile Finances	304	(1)
The Late Twentieth-Century Economy	305	(2)
King Coal and the Mineral World	307	(5)
Rivers, Rails, and Roads	312	(5)
20. Culture and Communications, 1865-1995	317	(26)
The Press	317	(4)
Literature: The Rise to Prominence	321	(3)
The Maturing of the Literary Craft	324	(6)
New Generations of Writers	330	(2)
Historical Writing	332	(1)
Poets, Artists, Architects, and More	333	(4)
The Sounds of Music	337	(3)
Theater, Radio, and Film	340	(3)
21. The Transitional Twenties	343	(16)
Mindsets, Morals, and Manners	343	(3)
The Counterattack: Evolution and the Klan	346	(3)
Bosses, the Bipartisan Combine, and the Governors	349	(6)
Beckham and Betting	355	(4)
22. Old Problems and a New Deal	359	(17)
Economic Want	359	(3)
Depression Era Politics	362	(1)
The New Deal	362	(3)
Labor and the Coal Wars	365	(2)
Happy	367	(3)
World War II	370	(3)
Wartime Politics	373	(3)
23. Education and Equality, 1865-1995	376	(24)
Shaping the System, 1865-1908	376	(3)
Separate and Unequal	379	(3)
Whirlwinds and Doldrums, 1908-1954	382	(3)
Before Brown	385	(2)
Implementing Integration	387	(2)
Civil Rights in the Sixties and Beyond	389	(2)
Kentucky Education Reform Act	391	(2)
Higher Education	393	(7)
24. A Half Century of Kentucky Politics	400	(26)
Democratic Ascendancy	400	(3)
Happy Days Again?	403	(3)
The Sixties	406	(7)
Republican Resurgence and Retreat	413	(3)
New Politics or No Politics?	416	(4)
BOPTROT and Beyond	420	(6)
25. New Challenges, Old Traditions	426	(19)
Images	426	(5)
Trends I	431	(5)
Trends II	436	(2)
Change and Nostalgia	438	(2)
Continuity	440	(2)
Frontiers	442	(3)
Appendix A: Some Facts and Figures	445	(1)
Appendix B: Kentucky's Governors	446	(5)
Appendix C: Kentucky's Counties	451	(2)
Selected Bibliography	453	(47)
Acknowledgments	500	(3)
Index	503