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... established Kentucky's situation in American historiography even as he sought to make its place in American history . Accompanied by a “ Map of Kentucke " that emphasized the excellent topography , extensive river systems , existing ...
... established Kentucky's situation in American historiography even as he sought to make its place in American history . Accompanied by a “ Map of Kentucke " that emphasized the excellent topography , extensive river systems , existing ...
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... established forever his standing in American historiography ; for who can write of the frontier without dealing with location ? It is probable that we will never escape his long shadow.16 Yet , Turner faced a problem with which all ...
... established forever his standing in American historiography ; for who can write of the frontier without dealing with location ? It is probable that we will never escape his long shadow.16 Yet , Turner faced a problem with which all ...
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... established by the gentry paralleled a web of economic markets that would eventually alter their world . Connec- tion to distant markets was not new : Henderson's examination of the lower Shawnee Town reveals commercial relations ...
... established by the gentry paralleled a web of economic markets that would eventually alter their world . Connec- tion to distant markets was not new : Henderson's examination of the lower Shawnee Town reveals commercial relations ...
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... establishing farms and com- munities , the trials of economic decline , and personal battles about belief , and now the Edenic promise seemed remote . In greater numbers , white Ken- tuckians looked westward for new gardens to create ...
... establishing farms and com- munities , the trials of economic decline , and personal battles about belief , and now the Edenic promise seemed remote . In greater numbers , white Ken- tuckians looked westward for new gardens to create ...
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Settling the Promised Land. By the late 1730s , lower Shawnee Town had been established along the banks of the Ohio River , with the bluffs of Kentucky in the distance . In his mural , Rob- ert Dafford depicts a winter scene at the ...
Settling the Promised Land. By the late 1730s , lower Shawnee Town had been established along the banks of the Ohio River , with the bluffs of Kentucky in the distance . In his mural , Rob- ert Dafford depicts a winter scene at the ...
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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