Bluegrass renaissance : the history and culture of central Kentucky, 1792-1852 / edited by James C. Klotter and Daniel Rowland.
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| Language: | English |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2012], ©2012.
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| Physical Description: | vi, 371 pages |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- 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.