Agrarian Kentucky Revised Edition Contributor(s): Clark, Thomas D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813190525 ISBN-13: 9780813190525 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: 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 common-wealth's greatest sources of economic strength. 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. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Social Science | Sociology - Rural |
Dewey: 976.9 |
LCCN: 2003267628 |
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.8" W x 8.36" (0.47 lbs) 152 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky |
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Publisher Description: 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. |