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Bluegrass Renaissance - The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792-1852 (Hardcover)
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Bluegrass Renaissance - The History and Culture of Central Kentucky, 1792-1852 (Hardcover)
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Originally established in 1775 the town of Lexington, Kentucky grew
quickly into a national cultural center amongst the rolling green
hills of the Bluegrass Region. Nicknamed the "Athens of the West,"
Lexington and the surrounding area became a leader in higher
education, visual arts, architecture, and music, and the center of
the horse breeding and racing industries. The national impact of
the Bluegrass was further confirmed by prominent Kentucky figures
such as Henry Clay and John C. Breckinridge. The Idea of the Athens
of the West: Central Kentucky in American Culture, 1792-1852,
chronicles Lexington's development as one of the most important
educational and cultural centers in America during the first half
of the nineteenth century. Editors Daniel Rowland and James C.
Klotter gather leading scholars to examine the successes and
failures of Central Kentuckians from statehood to the death of
Henry Clay, in an investigation of the area's cultural and economic
development and national influence. The Idea of the Athens of the
West is an interdisciplinary study of the evolution of Lexington's
status as antebellum Kentucky's cultural metropolis.
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