From the Book - Second edition.
Colonial Kentucky, 1774-1792
Kentucky in the new nation
The first generation of Kentuckians
The Civil War in a border state
Reconstruction, readjustment, and race, 1865-1875
Decades of discord, 1875-1900
Progressivism, prohibition, and politics, 1900-1920
Bourbon barons, tobacco tycoons, and king coal: the economy, 1865-2015
Culture and communications, 1865-2015
The transitional twenties
Old problems and a New Deal
Education and equality, 1865-2015
A half century of Kentucky politics, 1945-1995
A political metamorphosis, 1995-2015
New challenges, old traditions
Appendix A: Some facts and figures
Appendix B: Kentucky's governors
Appendix C: Kentucky's counties.
Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index