A History of Kentucky

by Clark, Thomas Dionysius

• ISBN13: 9780945084303
• ISBN10: 0945084307
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-08-01
• Publisher: Jesse Stuart Foundation

Table of Contents

Kentucky: The Land	1	(19)
The People and the Land	3	(2)
The Forest Resource	5	(2)
Water	7	(2)
Mineral Resources	9	(8)
Kentucky Resources and History	17	(2)
England Moves West	19	(22)
The Beginning of the Movement	19	(3)
The East Reawakens	22	(2)
English and French Rivalries	24	(5)
Scouts, Surveyors, and Settlers	29	(4)
Surveyors	33	(8)
Storm Clouds of Revolution	41	(20)
The Foundations of Kentucky Society	61	(17)
Founding Local Units of Government	66	(1)
Frontier Society	67	(11)
A Struggle for Independence	78	(19)
Statehood and Its Problems	97	(21)
Harmar, St. Clair, Wayne	97	(1)
St. Clair	98	(2)
Fallen Timbers	100	(1)
The French Conspiracy	101	(4)
The Kentucky Resolutions	105	(5)
The Second Constitution	110	(4)
The Louisiana Purchase	114	(4)
Kentucky in the Struggles of the West, 1800--1815	118	(20)
Aaron Burr Visits Kentucky	118	(5)
The War of 1812	123	(9)
New Orleans	132	(3)
Treaty of Ghent	135	(3)
An Episode in Finance and Politics	138	(18)
Agricultural and Industrial Beginnings	156	(18)
Livestock Development	158	(3)
Commercial Growth	161	(4)
Manufacturing	165	(9)
Rivers, Highways, and Railroads	174	(18)
Rivers	174	(6)
Highways	180	(3)
Railroads	183	(9)
Human Bondage	192	(22)
The Interstate Slave Trade	194	(8)
The Antislavery Movement	202	(12)
Educational Beginnings	214	(22)
Higher Education	226	(10)
The Press	236	(24)
A Specialized Press	246	(2)
The Press of the Reconstruction Era	248	(3)
Personalities of the Kentucky Press	251	(2)
The Periodical Press	253	(2)
The Book Press of Kentucky	255	(5)
A Cultural Awakening	260	(29)
Architecture	260	(5)
Silversmiths	265	(2)
Painters	267	(2)
Sculptors	269	(1)
Music	269	(2)
Literature	271	(3)
Fiction and Poetry	274	(4)
The Kentucky Personality	278	(11)
Evolution of State Politics	289	(12)
Kentucky Shares A Nation's Troubles	301	(18)
Third Constitution	306	(13)
A Brother's Blood	319	(18)
Social and Political Transition	337	(22)
Political Developments During the War	344	(5)
Commercial Relations During the War	349	(10)
Educational Advances	359	(21)
Special Legislation	365	(4)
Negro Education	369	(1)
Educational Associations	370	(1)
Special Schools	371	(1)
Higher Education	371	(9)
Economic Readjustment	380	(21)
New Social Responsibilities	401	(15)
Temperature	403	(13)
A New Political Order	416	(36)
The Third Party Movement	419	(11)
The New Constitution	430	(4)
The Goebel Affair	434	(18)
An Enduring Commonwealth	452	(27)
The Shifting Sands of Population	452	(2)
A Changing Way of Life	454	(3)
Violence and Crime	457	(1)
The Rise of Suburbia	458	(1)
Agriculture and Natural Resources	459	(5)
New Fiscal Policies	464	(2)
The Highway Revolution and the Automobile	466	(4)
The Environment	470	(2)
Strip Mining, the Land, and the Environment	472	(1)
History and Continuity	473	(6)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	479	(32)
APPENDIX	511	(4)
The Governors of Kentucky	512	(3)
Index	515