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Preface |
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Part I. Kentucky before 1820 |
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1. A Place Called Kentucke |
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5 | (10) |
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The Kentuckians Called Indians |
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6 | (3) |
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9 | (1) |
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The Long Hunters in Kentucky |
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10 | (1) |
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Daniel Boone Is Enthralled with Kentucky |
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11 | (4) |
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2. Exploring the Western Waters |
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15 | (9) |
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15 | (1) |
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The Role of the Land Companies |
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16 | (1) |
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Official Interest in the West |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (2) |
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The Boundaries of Kentucky |
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20 | (2) |
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The Physiographic Regions |
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22 | (2) |
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24 | (9) |
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Harrodsburg, the First Permanent Settlement |
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24 | (1) |
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Boonesborough, Boone, and Henderson |
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25 | (4) |
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Benjamin Logan and St. Asaph |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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A Government for Kentucky |
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30 | (3) |
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4. The Years of the American Revolution |
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33 | (15) |
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33 | (2) |
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Daniel Boone and Chief Black Fish |
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35 | (4) |
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George Rogers Clark and the Illinois Campaign |
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39 | (2) |
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Continued Indian Activity |
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41 | (2) |
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Defeat at Lower Blue Licks |
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43 | (2) |
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The Treaty of Paris, 1783 |
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45 | (3) |
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48 | (17) |
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48 | (4) |
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52 | (3) |
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Background to Separation from Virginia |
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55 | (1) |
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Starting toward Statehood |
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56 | (2) |
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Nine Conventions but Not a State |
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58 | (2) |
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60 | (1) |
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Drafting the 1792 Constitution |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (2) |
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6. From Constitution to Constitution, 1792-1799 |
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65 | (15) |
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65 | (3) |
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68 | (2) |
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Indian Problems in the Northwest Territory |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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Political Parties and the Democratic Society |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (1) |
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Moving toward a New Constitution |
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75 | (2) |
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Kentucky's Second Constitution, 1799 |
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77 | (3) |
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7. Kentucky in the New Nation, 1792-1815 |
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80 | (16) |
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80 | (3) |
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83 | (1) |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (2) |
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Continued Problems with Europe and the Indians |
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87 | (1) |
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In Defense of Neutral Rights |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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The War of 1812 in the Northwest |
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90 | (3) |
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The Battle of New Orleans |
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93 | (3) |
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8. Kentucky after Fifty Years of Settlement |
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96 | (13) |
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The Immediate Postwar Years |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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The Kentuckians of the 1820s |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (5) |
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Characteristics of Kentuckians |
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104 | (5) |
Part II. Kentucky, 1820-1865 |
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109 | (106) |
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9. Politics and Politicians, 1820-1859 |
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109 | (16) |
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The Critical Court Struggle |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (2) |
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115 | (2) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (4) |
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125 | (21) |
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Transportation by Land and Water |
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125 | (8) |
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133 | (5) |
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138 | (3) |
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The Extractive Industries |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (2) |
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11. Social and Cultural Changes |
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146 | (21) |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (4) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (4) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (2) |
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12. Slavery and Antislavery |
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167 | (14) |
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167 | (1) |
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Slave Ownership and Distribution |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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Food, Clothing, and Shelter |
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170 | (1) |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (1) |
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Breeding and Miscegenation |
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173 | (1) |
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Overall Treatment of Slaves |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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Abolition and Emancipation |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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Other Antislavery Approaches |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (14) |
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Divided Sentiment in Kentucky |
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181 | (1) |
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Sectional Disputes, 1854-1860 |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (2) |
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Efforts to Find a Compromise |
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185 | (1) |
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Governor Magoffin in the Crisis |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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The Provisional Government of Confederate Kentucky |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (20) |
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195 | (1) |
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Early Engagements, 1861-1862 |
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196 | (2) |
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The Confederate Invasion, Summer 1862 |
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198 | (4) |
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202 | (2) |
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Guerrilla Warfare, 1863-1865 |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (2) |
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Economic Aspects of the War |
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207 | (2) |
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Social Aspects of the War Years |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (4) |
Part III. Kentucky after 1865 |
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215 | (230) |
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215 | (19) |
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The Kentucky World of 1865 |
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215 | (3) |
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218 | (2) |
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Rural and Small-Town Life |
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220 | (6) |
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226 | (3) |
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229 | (5) |
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16. Reconstruction, Readjustment, and Race, 1865-1875 |
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234 | (15) |
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234 | (5) |
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Political Decisions, 1865-1868 |
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239 | (3) |
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Bourbons and New Departure Democrats |
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242 | (1) |
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The Stevenson Administration and Black Rights |
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243 | (2) |
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The Leslie Years, 1871-1875 |
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245 | (4) |
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17. Decades of Discord, 1875-1900 |
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249 | (23) |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (2) |
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253 | (2) |
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Kentucky Images and Appalachian Stereotypes |
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255 | (2) |
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The McCreary Administration and Health Care, 1875-1879 |
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257 | (2) |
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The Blackburn Governorship and the Prison Issue |
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259 | (2) |
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Knott, Buckner, and "Honest Dick" Tate, 1883-1891 |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (1) |
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Populism in the Chaotic 1890s |
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265 | (2) |
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Political, Tollgate, and Other Wars |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (3) |
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18. Progressivism, Prohibition, and Politics, 1900-1920 |
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272 | (20) |
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Assassination of a Governor |
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272 | (2) |
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274 | (3) |
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Prohibition and Progressivism |
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277 | (2) |
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The Black Patch War and the Night Riders |
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279 | (3) |
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The Politics of Progressivism |
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282 | (4) |
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Child Labor, Women's Rights, and Race Relations |
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286 | (3) |
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289 | (3) |
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19. Bourbon Barons, Tobacco Tycoons, and King Coal: The Economy, 1865-1995 |
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292 | (25) |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (4) |
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296 | (1) |
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"The Feds," the Family Farm, and Agribusiness |
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297 | (3) |
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300 | (2) |
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The Falls City and Urbanization |
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302 | (2) |
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304 | (1) |
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The Late Twentieth-Century Economy |
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305 | (2) |
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King Coal and the Mineral World |
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307 | (5) |
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312 | (5) |
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20. Culture and Communications, 1865-1995 |
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317 | (26) |
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317 | (4) |
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Literature: The Rise to Prominence |
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321 | (3) |
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The Maturing of the Literary Craft |
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324 | (6) |
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New Generations of Writers |
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330 | (2) |
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332 | (1) |
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Poets, Artists, Architects, and More |
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333 | (4) |
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337 | (3) |
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340 | (3) |
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21. The Transitional Twenties |
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343 | (16) |
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Mindsets, Morals, and Manners |
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343 | (3) |
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The Counterattack: Evolution and the Klan |
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346 | (3) |
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Bosses, the Bipartisan Combine, and the Governors |
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349 | (6) |
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355 | (4) |
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22. Old Problems and a New Deal |
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359 | (17) |
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359 | (3) |
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362 | (1) |
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362 | (3) |
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365 | (2) |
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367 | (3) |
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370 | (3) |
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373 | (3) |
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23. Education and Equality, 1865-1995 |
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376 | (24) |
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Shaping the System, 1865-1908 |
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376 | (3) |
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379 | (3) |
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Whirlwinds and Doldrums, 1908-1954 |
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382 | (3) |
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385 | (2) |
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387 | (2) |
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Civil Rights in the Sixties and Beyond |
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389 | (2) |
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Kentucky Education Reform Act |
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391 | (2) |
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393 | (7) |
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24. A Half Century of Kentucky Politics |
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400 | (26) |
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400 | (3) |
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403 | (3) |
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406 | (7) |
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Republican Resurgence and Retreat |
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413 | (3) |
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New Politics or No Politics? |
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416 | (4) |
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420 | (6) |
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25. New Challenges, Old Traditions |
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426 | (19) |
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426 | (5) |
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431 | (5) |
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436 | (2) |
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438 | (2) |
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440 | (2) |
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442 | (3) |
Appendix A: Some Facts and Figures |
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445 | (1) |
Appendix B: Kentucky's Governors |
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446 | (5) |
Appendix C: Kentucky's Counties |
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451 | (2) |
Selected Bibliography |
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453 | (47) |
Acknowledgments |
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500 | (3) |
Index |
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