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... collection , ten contributors ace the evolution of Kentucky from First West to Early Republic . The authors tell the tories of the state's remarkable settlers and nhabitants : Indians , African Americans , working - class men and women ...
... collection , ten contributors ace the evolution of Kentucky from First West to Early Republic . The authors tell the tories of the state's remarkable settlers and nhabitants : Indians , African Americans , working - class men and women ...
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... collection represents an important new study in that evolving re- examination of the early frontier . The result is a nuanced portrayal of a per- plexing and complex world , one evolving and changing , one that brings the reality closer ...
... collection represents an important new study in that evolving re- examination of the early frontier . The result is a nuanced portrayal of a per- plexing and complex world , one evolving and changing , one that brings the reality closer ...
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... collection would never have come together . To them I am most grateful . The task of compiling and editing such diverse essays was more demand- ing than I expected . Without the encouragement and assistance of several people , I would ...
... collection would never have come together . To them I am most grateful . The task of compiling and editing such diverse essays was more demand- ing than I expected . Without the encouragement and assistance of several people , I would ...
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... collection , as the subtitle indicates , interpret the " settling of the promised land . " The premise that Kentucky was a region of tremendous opportunity was one shared in the mid - 1700s by Indians and Euro - Americans . By the 1790s ...
... collection , as the subtitle indicates , interpret the " settling of the promised land . " The premise that Kentucky was a region of tremendous opportunity was one shared in the mid - 1700s by Indians and Euro - Americans . By the 1790s ...
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... collection , however , differs from that presented by previous historians . In fact , the contributors come to no consensus about the nature of early Kentucky or the promise that it held , but they do agree that settlers ' lives and ...
... collection , however , differs from that presented by previous historians . In fact , the contributors come to no consensus about the nature of early Kentucky or the promise that it held , but they do agree that settlers ' lives and ...
Contents
Sustaining Native Autonomy in an Indian Republic A GWYNN HENDERSON | 25 |
NANCY OMALLEY | 57 |
Image and Reality on the Kentucky Frontier DANIEL BLAKE SMITH | 77 |
A Study of Distance and Connection MARION NELSON WINSHIP | 101 |
Economy and Culture on the Bluegrass Farm CRAIG THOMPSON FRIEND | 123 |
CHRISTOPHER WALDREP | 151 |
ELLEN ESLINGER | 195 |
Gender Belief and Discipline in Baptist Religious Culture BLAIRAPOGUE | 213 |
Kentucky Slaves and the Promised Land KAROLYN E SMARDZ | 237 |
About the Contributors | 253 |
Index | 255 |
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