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Kentucke's Frontiers
__NOTOC__ ''Kentucke's Frontiers'' is a book by Craig Thompson Friend published in 2010 by Indiana University Press. Starting from the 1720s to the conclusion of the War of 1812, ''Kentucke's Frontiers'' explores the political, military, and social history of the Kentucky frontier and how these came together to shape the public memory of frontier Kentucky. The work is part of the ''A History of the Trans-Appalachian Frontier'' series edited by Malcolm J. Rohrbough. Structure The work contains normal front material, including a foreword by Walter Nugent and Malcolm J. Rohrbough, followed by a preface by the author and eight chapters: # The Indians' Frontiers # Colonial Kentucke # Revolutions # Peopling Kentucke # Seeking Security and Stability # From Kentucke to Kentucky # An Old South Frontier # Remembering The work concludes with an epilogue and an Essays on Sources. Academic journal reviews * * * * * * * * About the author Craig Thompson Friend is the author of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences. Its headquarters are located in Bloomington, Indiana. IU Press publishes approximately 100 new books annually, in addition to 38 academic journals, and maintains a current catalog comprising some 2,000 titles. Indiana University Press primarily publishes in the following areas: African, African American, Asian, cultural, Jewish, Holocaust, Middle Eastern studies, Russian and Eastern European, and women's and gender studies; anthropology, film studies, folklore, history, bioethics, music, paleontology, philanthropy, philosophy, and religion. IU Press undertakes extensive regional publishing under its Quarry Books imprint. History IU Press began in 1950 as part of Indiana University's post-war growth under President Herman B Wells. Bernard Perry, son of Harvard philosophy professor Ralph Barton Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |