My century in history [[electronic resource] ] : memoirs / / Thomas D. Clark ; foreword by Charles P. Roland ; introduction by James C. Klotter

• Autore: Clark Thomas Dionysius <1903-2005.>
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (447 p.)
• Disciplina: 976.90072/02
• Soggetto topico: Historians - Kentucky
• Soggetto geografico: Kentucky Biography; Kentucky Historiography
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RolandCharles Pierce <1918-> KlotterJames C
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: The long road home -- Old place, new place -- A world in change -- The road taken -- Out of the cotton patch -- Big river -- West to Kentucky -- The way to Durham -- Year of decision -- Depression years -- Putting down roots -- Building the special collections -- Years of passage -- Indiana University -- Breaking the racial barrier -- Teaching and lecturing abroad -- An ancient land in the grip of history -- The road to professionalism -- Speaking Kentucky (and a lot of other places) -- The book thieves -- Family -- A time of reckoning.
• Sommario/riassunto: When Thomas D. Clark was hired to teach history at the University of Kentucky in 1931, he began a career that would span nearly three-quarters of a century and would profoundly change not only the history department and the university but the entire Commonwealth. His still-definitive History of Kentucky (1937) was one of more than thirty books he would write or edit dealing with Kentucky, the South, and the American frontier. In addition to his wide scholarly contributions, Clark devoted his life to the preservation of Kentucky's historical records. His efforts resulted in the Commonwealth'
• Titolo autorizzato: My century in history
• ISBN: 0-8131-3706-3; 1-283-23260-X; 9786613232601; 0-8131-7138-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451601103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II