A New History of Kentucky

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ISBN: 9780813120089 | 081312008X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/27/1997

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" 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.

List of Illustrations

(2)

List of Tables

xiii

(2)

Preface

Part I. Kentucky before 1820

(104)

1. A Place Called Kentucke

(10)

A Newfound Paradise

(1)

The Kentuckians Called Indians

(3)

Two Women in Kentucky

(1)

The Long Hunters in Kentucky

(1)

Daniel Boone Is Enthralled with Kentucky

(4)

2. Exploring the Western Waters

(9)

The Early Explorations

(1)

The Role of the Land Companies

(1)

Official Interest in the West

(1)

On the Eve of Settlement

(2)

The Boundaries of Kentucky

(2)

The Physiographic Regions

(2)

3. Settling a New Land

(9)

Harrodsburg, the First Permanent Settlement

(1)

Boonesborough, Boone, and Henderson

(4)

Benjamin Logan and St. Asaph

(1)

Life in the Forts

(1)

A Government for Kentucky

(3)

4. The Years of the American Revolution

(15)

Settlements under Attack

(2)

Daniel Boone and Chief Black Fish

(4)

George Rogers Clark and the Illinois Campaign

(2)

Continued Indian Activity

(2)

Defeat at Lower Blue Licks

(2)

The Treaty of Paris, 1783

(3)

5. The Road to Statehood

(17)

Traveling to Kentucky

(4)

Land Claims in Kentucky

(3)

Background to Separation from Virginia

(1)

Starting toward Statehood

(2)

Nine Conventions but Not a State

(2)

The Virginia Compact

(1)

Drafting the 1792 Constitution

(2)

The 1792 Constitution

(2)

6. From Constitution to Constitution, 1792-1799

(15)

Starting the Government

(3)

The New Land Policy

(2)

Indian Problems in the Northwest Territory

(1)

Slavery Remains an Issue

(1)

Political Parties and the Democratic Society

(2)

A Few Good Federalists

(1)

Moving toward a New Constitution

(2)

Kentucky's Second Constitution, 1799

(3)

7. Kentucky in the New Nation, 1792-1815

(16)

The Kentucky Resolutions

(3)

A New Penal Code

(1)

The Louisiana Purchase

(2)

The Burr Conspiracy

(2)

Continued Problems with Europe and the Indians

(1)

In Defense of Neutral Rights

(1)

Henry Clay, the War Hawk

(1)

The War of 1812 in the Northwest

(3)

The Battle of New Orleans

(3)

8. Kentucky after Fifty Years of Settlement

(13)

The Immediate Postwar Years

(1)

The Missouri Compromise

(1)

The Kentuckians of the 1820s

(1)

The Rise of the Cities

(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

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