Agrarian Kentucky
Since the earliest European settlers arrived in the area over two centuries ago, Kentuckians have felt a deep attachment to the land. From subsistence farmers in eastern Kentucky to wealthy home owners in the central Bluegrass, land was, and continues to be, the state's greatest source of economic growth. It is also a point of nostalgia for a people devoted to tradition, a characteristic that has enriched Kentucky's culture but has proven detrimental to education and development. As timely...
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"For subsistence farmers in eastern Kentucky, wealthy horse owners in the central Bluegrass, and tobacco growers in Western Kentucky, land was, and continues to be, one of the commonwealth's greatest sources of economic growth. It is also a source of nostalgia for a people devoted to tradition, a characteristic that has significantly influenced Kentucky's culture, sometimes to the detriment of education and development. As timely now as when it was first published, Thomas D. Clark's classic history of agrarianism prepares readers for a new era that promises to bring rapid change to the land and the people of Kentucky.
Preface1The Land, Its Promise and Its Pattern12Aristocrats and Country Commoners243Unto This Land and Its People424"Bringing in the Sheaves"645"Pit of a Frenzied Commonwealth"766"They Will Arise Like Fireflies at Summer Sunset"947The Central Theme in Myth and Reality115Bibliographical Note131
\ From the Publisher"Encapsulates in a highly readable and elegant style the perspective and insights of a remarkable historian." -- Material Culture\ "Clark in this short, witty, pugnacious book, weaves the rich tapestry of Kentucky's agrarian history into a picture of the state's whole development -- its religion, its education, its constitutions. A book worth reading." -- Virginia Quarterly Review\ "Encapsulates in a highly readable and elegant style the perspective and insights of a remarkable historian." -- Nancy O'Malley\ \ \
