Central Kentucky's "Athens of the West" Image in the Nation and in History Putting Kentucky in Its Place Kentucky's "Athens of the West" Viewed in "A Distant Mirror" Slavery and Abolition in Kentucky: "Patter-Rollers Were Everywhere" "Mrs. Boone, I pr
James C. Klotter is State Historian and professor of history at Georgetown College. He is the author of several books, including, with Lowell H. Harrison, A New History of Kentucky. Gerald L. Smith is assistant professor of history at Memphis State University.
""This excellent collectiotn of essays seeks to address an
important, but understudied, time priod in Kentucky history during
which Lexington and its surrounding areas were at their zenith both
culturally and economically. This is a highly readable volume that
should appeal to any person interested in the state's history, that
should become the standard 'go-to' text on this era in Kentucky for
many years to come."--Anne Marshall, author of Creating a
Confederate Kentucky: The Lost Cause and Civil War Memory in a
Border State" --
"[...] The well-crafted and well-researched essays illuminate the
unique culture that flourished in the Central Bluegrass region
during the antebellum era. Individuals who research and teach
Kentucky history in the state's universities and public schools
will find in these chapters a wealth of information and insight to
share with their classes. Bluegrass Renaissance is an exemplary
book, a credit to its publisher. The essays within its covers add
to our understanding of the antebellum cultural milieu that made
the Bluegrass frontier an exciting and unique region." -- Indiana
Magazine of History
"Recipient of Clay Lancaster Herritage Education Award for their
service in researching and disseminating information about Central
Kentucky." -- Lexington Herald-Leader
"Taken as a whole, the collection is a treasure trove of references
for the student of Kentucky history, and it introduces new fields
of research and reflection. It is a great addition to the
historiography and a welcome complement to earlier edited
collections published by the University Press of Kentucky." --
Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
"The essays well testify to the breadth and high quality of work
being undertaken on early Kentucky." -- Matthew G. Schoenbachler,
author of Murder and Madness: The Myth of the Kentucky Tragedy
"These excellent essays now comprise the most comprehensive view of
Lexington's golden age in all its many facets while extorting the
individuals who molded it into something great. In the end one
understands why Lexington had a Latrobe house -- the most
sophisticated house designed in federal America -- for it
symbolized an earned preeminence. In time its preeminence faded but
in these essays Lexington continues to teach us by revealing its
strengths and weaknesses its success and failures which speak to
our own." -- John E. Kleber, editor of The Kentucky Encyclopedia
and The Encyclopedia of Louisville
"Winner of the Clay Lancaster Heritage Education Award given by the
Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation" --
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