A concise history of Kentucky

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10: Kentucky In The Twentieth Century -- Transportation revolution -- Communication revolution -- New deal -- Wars -- Out-migration -- Equal rights -- Equal rights for women -- Equal rights for all races -- Politics -- Kentucky's best year -- 11: Going To School -- Early Kentucky schools -- Life in school -- Special schools -- Schools in the twentieth century and beyond -- Colleges and universities -- College life -- 12: Today And Tomorrow In Kentucky -- Typical Kentuckian -- Saving parts of the past -- Identifying future issues -- Future -- Appendixes -- Additional sources for research -- Index.;Preface -- 1: Frontiers-Then And Now -- Past -- Writing about the past -- Native Americans in Kentucky -- Paleo-Indians, 10,000 to 8000 BC -- Archaic Period, 8000 to 1000 BC -- Woodland Period, 1000 BC to AD 1000 -- Late Prehistoric Period, AD 1000 to 1750 -- Great Dying -- Name "Kentucky" -- 2: Starting A State -- First west -- First explorers -- What they found -- Coming to Kentucky -- Settling a state -- Daniel Boone -- Hard times -- Choices -- End of the frontier -- Statehood -- 3: Different Kentuckys -- People of Kentucky -- Kentucky homes -- Land -- Climate -- Geographic regions -- Jackson purchase -- Pennyroyal (or Pennyrile) -- Western coal fields -- Bluegrass -- Mountains (eastern coal fields) -- Cultural or human regions -- Appalachia (eastern Kentucky) -- Northern Kentucky -- Bluegrass -- South-Central Kentucky -- Louisville -- West Kentucky -- Jackson purchase -- Regionalism -- Kentucky names -- 4: Government Of Kentucky -- Kentucky constitution -- Levels and branches of government -- Executive branch -- Judicial branch -- Legislative branch -- Mystery of "Honest Dick" Tate -- 5: Living In Kentucky -- Daily life -- Clothes and fashion -- Food -- Work -- Health -- Fun and games -- Religion -- 6: From Statehood To The Civil War -- Slavery -- Slave life -- Freedom -- Antislavery -- Key political leaders -- Three Kentucky presidents -- 7: Civil War And The End Of A Century -- Brothers' war -- On the battlefield -- Guerrillas -- Results of the war -- From the end of the civil war to the start of a new century -- Feuds and murders -- 8: Working In Kentucky -- Farming -- Early business and king coal -- Modern industries -- Global Kentucky -- 9: Words, Music, And More -- Early writing -- Twentieth-century writers -- Modern writers -- Writing history, poetry, and drama -- Newspapers -- Music -- Radio and television -- Visual arts -- Motion pictures.;From the Publisher: Kentucky is most commonly associated with horses, tobacco fields, bourbon, and coal mines. There is much more to the state, though, than stories of feuding families and Colonel Sanders' famous fried chicken. Kentucky has a rich and often compelling history, and James C. Klotter and Freda C. Klotter introduce readers to an exciting story that spans 12,000 years, looking at the lives of Kentuckians from Native Americans to astronauts. The Klotters examine all aspects of the state's history-its geography, government, social life, cultural achievements, education, and economy. A Concise History of Kentucky recounts the events of the deadly frontier wars of the state's early history, the divisive Civil War, and the shocking assassination of a governor in 1900. The book tells of Kentucky's leaders from Daniel Boone and Henry Clay to Abraham Lincoln, Mary Breckinridge, and Muhammad Ali. The authors also highlight the lives of Kentuckians, both famous and ordinary, to give a voice to history. The Klotters explore Kentuckians' accomplishments in government, medicine, politics, and the arts. They describe the writing and music that flowered across the state, and they profile the individuals who worked to secure equal rights for women and African Americans. The book explains what it was like to work in the coal mines and explains the daily routine on a nineteenth-century farm. The authors bring Kentucky's story to the twenty-first century and talk about the state's modern economy, where auto manufacturing jobs are replacing traditional agricultural work. A collaboration of the state historian and an experienced educator, A Concise History of Kentucky is the best single resource for Kentuckians new and old who want to learn more about the past, present, and future of the Bluegrass State.