Atlas of Kentucky

Atlas of Kentucky
Author: Richard Ulack, Karl Raitz, Gyula Pauer
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 334
Release: 1977
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780813128658

The first comprehensive atlas of the state published in over 20 years, the Atlas of Kentucky brings together a wealth of information on the geography, industry, economy, development, and people of the Commonwealth. Includes over 600 maps and 200 color illustrations. Richard Ulack, professor and former chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky and former State Geographer, is author of Atlas of Southeast Asia and co-editor of Lexington and Kentucky's Inner Bluegrass Region . Kentucky State Geographer Karl Raitz, professor and current chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky, is the editor of The National Road and co-author of Appalachia: A Gegional Geography . Gyula Pauer, former director of the Center for Cartography and Geographic Information at the University of Kentucky, has served as cartographer for numerous publications, including Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the U.S. Congress and The Himalayan Kingdoms.

Kentucky Place Names

Kentucky Place Names
Author: Robert M. Rennick
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2013-04-06
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0813144019

" From the wealth of place names in Kentucky, Rennick has selected those of some 2,000 communities and post offices. These places are usually the largest, the best known, or the most important as well as those with unusual or inherently interesting names. Including perhaps one-fourth of all such places known in the state, the names were chosen as a representative sample among Kentucky's counties and sections. Kentucky Place Names offers a fascinating mosaic of information on families, events, politics, and local lore in the state. It will interest all Kentuckians as well as the growing number of scholars of American place names.

Historic Maps of Kentucky

Historic Maps of Kentucky
Author: Thomas D. Clark
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813165261

Maps published frorn the third quarter of the eighteenth century through the Civil War reflect in colorful detail the emergence of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the unfolding art of American cartography. Ten maps, selected and annotated by the most eminent historian of Kentucky, have been reproduced in authentic facsimiles. The accompanying booklet includes an illuminating historical essay, as well as notes on the individuaL facsimiles, and is illustrated with numerous details of other notable Kentucky maps. Among the rare maps reproduced are one of the battlefield of Perryville (1877), a colorful travelers' map (1839), and a map of the Falls of the Ohio (1806) believed to be the first map printed in Kentucky.

Bloody Breathitt

Bloody Breathitt
Author: T.R.C. Hutton
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2013-09-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813142431

This book uses the history of Breathitt County, Kentucky, to examine political violence in the United States and its interpretation in media and memory. Violence in Breathitt County, during and after the Civil War, usually reflected what was going on elsewhere in Kentucky and the American South. In turn, the types of violence recorded there corresponded with discernible political scenarios.

Fire Insurance Maps

Fire Insurance Maps
Author: Diane L. Oswald
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

"Fire insurance maps are the footprints of America's Industrial Revolution, ... relics that bear witness to the mortality of businesses, industries and cities"--Cover.