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Taking the Town: Collegiate and Community Culture in the Bluegrass, 1880-1917 (Tom Clark Studies In Education / Public Policy)
Kolan Thomas Morelock
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Description for Taking the Town: Collegiate and Community Culture in the Bluegrass, 1880-1917 (Tom Clark Studies In Education / Public Policy)
Hardcover. Explores culture and intellectual life in Lexington, Kentucky, at the turn of the twentieth century. This book reveals Lexington to be a city of contradictions: known as a cultural 'Athens of the West,' it also struggled with the poverty, ignorance, and bigotry characteristic of southern communities after the Civil War. Series: Thomas D. Clark Studies in Education, Public Policy and Social Change. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
Taking the Town: Collegiate and Community Culture in the Bluegrass, 1880--1917 explores culture and intellectual life in Lexington, Kentucky, at the turn of the twentieth century. Drawing from local newspapers and from the work of historians and other writers, Kolan Thomas Morelock reveals Lexington to be a city of contradictions: known as a cultural "Athens of the West," it also struggled with the poverty, ignorance, and bigotry characteristic of southern communities after the Civil War. Taking the Town examines the contributions to local culture made by the literary and dramatic clubs prevalent on the city's college campuses. It is a ... Read more
Taking the Town: Collegiate and Community Culture in the Bluegrass, 1880--1917 explores culture and intellectual life in Lexington, Kentucky, at the turn of the twentieth century. Drawing from local newspapers and from the work of historians and other writers, Kolan Thomas Morelock reveals Lexington to be a city of contradictions: known as a cultural "Athens of the West," it also struggled with the poverty, ignorance, and bigotry characteristic of southern communities after the Civil War. Taking the Town examines the contributions to local culture made by the literary and dramatic clubs prevalent on the city's college campuses. It is a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Series
Thomas D. Clark Studies in Education, Public Policy and Social Change
Number of Pages
434
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813125046
SKU
V9780813125046
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About Kolan Thomas Morelock
Kolan Thomas Morelock is currently director of programs at the Men's Hope Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
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