Title: Little kingdoms : the counties of Kentucky, 1850-1891 /
Authors: Ireland, Robert M., 1937-
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky,
Year: 1977
Subjects: County government Kentucky History.
Contents: 1. Little kingdoms. -- 2. Little kings. -- 3. The mad scramble for office. -- 4. Constitutional convulsion and confrontation. -- 5. Law and order. -- 6. Court day. -- 7. The railroad binge. -- 8. Fiscal chaos. -- 9. Conclusion and postscript.