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From the 1780s, when Louisville and Lexington were tiny clusters of houses in the wilderness, to the 1980s, when more than half of all Kentuckians live in urban areas, the growth of cities has affected nearly all aspects of life in the Commonwealth. These urban centers have led the state in economic, social, and cultural change.
Cities in the Commonwealth examines the crises that have shaped the history of Kentucky’s cities and sheds light on such continuing concerns as urban competition, provision of essential services, the importance of the arts, and the struggle for racial justice.
By allowing contemporaries to tell much of the story in their own words, Allen J. Share conveys a sense of the exuberance and dynamism of urban life and thought in Kentucky.
Allen J. Share is a specialist in American urban and social history. He teaches in the Humanities in Medicine Program at the University of Louisville.
Publication Date
1982
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Place of Publication
Lexington, KY
ISBN
9780813192802
eISBN
9780813150260
Keywords
Kentucky, Lexington, Louisville
Disciplines
United States History
Recommended Citation
Share, Allen J., "Cities in the Commonwealth: Two Centuries of Urban Life in Kentucky" (1982). United States History. 32.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_united_states_history/32
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