E-book
Bluegrass renaissance : the history and culture of central Kentucky, 1792-1852
Record details
- ISBN: 9780813136073
- ISBN: 0813136075
- ISBN: 9786613721891
- ISBN: 9781280880582
- ISBN: 9780813140438
- ISBN: 9780813136639
- ISBN: 6613721891
- ISBN: 1280880589
- ISBN: 0813140439
- ISBN: 0813136636
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 371 pages) : illustrations
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Computer data. - Publisher: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:july.24 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Genre: | History |
