Kentucky Rising: Democracy, Slavery, and Culture from the Early Republic to the Civil War - Hardcover

Ramage, James A.; Watkins, Andrea S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813134404 ISBN 13: 9780813134406

Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky, 2011

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Book by Ramage James A Watkins Andrea S

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"Ramage and Watkins provide an extremely valuable survey of the state's development in the decades leading up to the war...No short summary can do justice to this very valuable work. Read it!" -- Blue & Gray Magazine "James Ramage and Andrea Watkins's Kentucky Rising is the best single overview of antebellum Kentucky ever written. Skillfully weaving political history with the social and cultural aspects of early Kentucky, Ramage and Watkins have produced a lasting and excellent framework that future historians will learn from, expand upon, and contend with." -- Indiana Magazine of History "Ramage and Watkins make a convincing case that Kentucky, in the first half of the nineteenth century, was a politically, economically, and intellectually dynamic place that was viewed by many contemporaries as one of the leading states of the nation" -- Daniel P. Murphy, Journal of American Culture "An outstanding, beautifully written book that centers on Kentucky's contributions to the nation during the antebellum era." -- Bowling Green Daily News "Revealing deep research into and knowledge of early Kentucky and frontier history, this book would work well in a college survey or for general readers interested in this period." -- Choice Magazine "This wide-ranging survey of Kentucky's history through 1865 has two advantages for the reader. The book is organized by topic, and it covers a period of our history when Kentucky was a leader in education, politics, and valor." -- Arts-Louisville "James Ramage and Andrea Watkins demonstrate a positive aura surrounding frontier Kentucky." -- Kentucky Monthly "Well researched, [Ramage and Watkins] explore the crucial but overlooked period from 1800 to 1865 when Kentucky ascended to become a leader in politics, science and education." -- Norhtern Kentucky Heritage "Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, Ramage and Watkins demonstrate that the eyes of the nation often focused on Kentucky, which was perceived as a leader among the states before the Civil War." -- Civil War "With clear purpose and language, thorough gathering of facts, breadth of coverage, and effective interpretations and summations, Ramage and Watkins have made an important addition to the published material on our state's heritage and place in history." -- Kentucky Libraries "A readable survey of the commonwealth's role in the formative years of the American Republic" -- H-Net Review "Wide-ranging in its coverage, strong in its scholarship, and wise in its conclusions, Kentucky Rising starts with Henry Clay and ends with Abraham Lincoln, two well-known figures in the state's story. But it is what is between that makes the book so important. The authors illuminate both the known and the lesser known parts of the story. As a results, readers find in these pages new and interesting information about art and architecture, culture and cholera, social life and steamboats, politics and the press, slavery and antislavery, war and peace, Union and Confederate, and so much more. This is a signal achievement." -- James C. Klotter, State Historian of Kentucky "The authors integrate the cultural, social, economic, and military history of the state into a highly readable, interesting story of antebellum Kentucky." -- Marion Lucas, author of A History of Blacks in Kentucky: From Slavery to Segregation

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t is sometimes said that Kentucky joined the South after the Civil War, and many books have been devoted to studying the influence of the war and its aftermath on the Commonwealth. But less is known about the decades before the Civil War. In Generations of Hope: Kentucky, 1800-1865, James Ramage and Andrea Watkins explore this crucial but often overlooked period, finding that that the early years of statehood comprised an era of great hope and progress. Ramage and Watkins demonstrate how Kentuckians looked outward, strongly supporting their country in the War of 1812 because they viewed the United States in a global context and wanted it to succeed on the world stage. Kentucky was perceived by the rest of the nation to be a leader among the states. Henry Clay, of course, was one of the great political figures of the era, but several other Kentuckians were candidates at the national level. Kentucky was a state of immigrants who brought their culture and world outlook with them, along with an optimism based on the idea that their region would participate fully in the advances of the day in science, culture, politics, education, and economics. Progress also included military advances, and the authors investigate the development of ideas about service and patriotism in a military context. The authors devote much attention to Kentuckians' complex views on slavery and its impact on the state. Indeed, the analysis of the Civil War is enhanced by understanding the context of the previous sixty years. Drawing upon a wealth of primary and secondary sources, Generations of Hope promises to be a fresh and definitive account of Kentucky's early years. This project is a co-publication with the Kentucky Historical Society.

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• Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0813134404
• ISBN 13: 9780813134406
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 480