Bluegrass renaissance
Bluegrass renaissance the history and culture of central Kentucky, 1792-1852 / [electronic resource] :
edited by James C. Klotter and Daniel Rowland.
- Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2012.
- 1 online resource (400 p.)
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780813136639 9780813140438
Lexington Region (Ky.)--Intellectual life.
Lexington Region (Ky.)--Social life and customs.
Lexington Region (Ky.)--History--19th century.
Lexington Region (Ky.)--History--18th century.
Lexington (Ky.)--Intellectual life.
Lexington (Ky.)--Social life and customs.
Lexington (Ky.)--History--19th century.
Lexington (Ky.)--History--18th century.
Electronic books.
F459.L6 / B55 2012
976.9/47
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780813136639 9780813140438
Lexington Region (Ky.)--Intellectual life.
Lexington Region (Ky.)--Social life and customs.
Lexington Region (Ky.)--History--19th century.
Lexington Region (Ky.)--History--18th century.
Lexington (Ky.)--Intellectual life.
Lexington (Ky.)--Social life and customs.
Lexington (Ky.)--History--19th century.
Lexington (Ky.)--History--18th century.
Electronic books.
F459.L6 / B55 2012
976.9/47