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Kentucky: Portrait in Paradox, 1900-1950
James C. Klotter
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Description for Kentucky: Portrait in Paradox, 1900-1950
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive and in-depth history of Kentucky, during the first half of the twentieth century. This book examines not only the state's people, but also its economy, educational system, cultural activities, politics, and folkways. It is complemented by more than one hundred photographs and illustrations. Num Pages: 440 pages, 104 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 767.
This volume is the first comprehensive and in-depth history of Kentucky during the first half of the 20th century. State Historian James C. Klotter examines in depth not only the people and their lives but also the state's economy, educational system, cultural activities, politics, and folkways. He demonstrates how, enduring images and stereotypes developed that have shaped the state's progress throughout the century. In his view, the first half of the century were years of unrealized promises and failed dreams. Yet amid poverty there was plenty; along with educational weaknesses were cultural strengths; beside partisanship there was leadership.
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This volume is the first comprehensive and in-depth history of Kentucky during the first half of the 20th century. State Historian James C. Klotter examines in depth not only the people and their lives but also the state's economy, educational system, cultural activities, politics, and folkways. He demonstrates how, enduring images and stereotypes developed that have shaped the state's progress throughout the century. In his view, the first half of the century were years of unrealized promises and failed dreams. Yet amid poverty there was plenty; along with educational weaknesses were cultural strengths; beside partisanship there was leadership.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
434
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780916968342
SKU
V9780916968342
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Ref
99-22
About James C. Klotter
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.
Reviews for Kentucky: Portrait in Paradox, 1900-1950
A masterful account of Kentucky's first fifty years in the twentieth century. An exemplary model of what a state history should be. - Journal of Southern History ""Klotter has put a vast treasure of historical information at readers' finger-tips."" - Journal of American History ""A vivid and stimulating portrait of Kentucky's paradoxical history."" - Alabama Review