A look at the new Democratic Party and how it has evolved, describes the Democratic Leadership Council, a group of officials that set out to change the philosophy of the party, describing how they got
Color photos by Steve Mulligan some full page, but many smaller work in conjunction with the text to convey an understanding of the diverse natural heritage of the state. The absence of references an
What are the state's outstanding landforms, and where are they found?How were Kansas rocks and minerals formed? Why is Kansas world famous among fossil collectors? How does one "read the rocks" to fin
In this illustrated, 8.75x11" history, Shortridge (geography, University of Kansas) offers a scholarly treatment of the city's responses to national, regional, and local economic factors. A wealth of
This second edition of Historical Atlas of Kansas has been updated from 1984 states-federal estimates. New and revised maps show the important growth in population centers in all parts of the state an
Daniel Dancer moves through the four seasons, capturing first the vast, spare grandeur of prairie and sky, then focusing closer to illuminate the more intimate pieces of the Kansas landscape - the icy
A study that testifies to Kansas's natural abundance presents forty-six stunning color landscapes and seventeen evocative essays that are complemented by sidebars featuring facts about wildlife and we
"Elizabeth Miller Watkins was the greatest benefactress of the University of Kansas. Her innovative vision for a women's scholarship hall was the first of its kind in the nation. Watkins Hall, built
Richard Wood knows that rural communities need more than jobs or money to survive: they need to become valued again as desirable places to live. He takes a closer look at what has happened in several
Offers a concise array of the key concepts, history, evolution and importance of American law, through brief narratives and portraits, from the Salem witchcraft trials, through the divisive debates ov
Seeks to understand how 19th-century Americans answered the question of how people should participate in politics, focusing on the political culture of the urban North during the turbulent Jacksonian
The author of Nixon examines the presidents' roles in the emergence of large federal budget deficits in the 1970s and 1980s, the reduction of the deficit in the 1990s and its resurrection in the early
"Smith's ambitious and exemplary work demonstrates decisively for all time not only that Catholics were integral players in the formation of modern American popular culture but that the role of Cathol
These powerful stories limn the complexities and dilemmas of life in Kansas, a state at the center of the center of America, as a billboard in one story announces. Andrew Malan Milward explores the le
The Great Plains are America's biological melting pot, drawing creatures from surrounding regions to create a rich diversity of wildlife. Here are pronghorn in the shortgrass, rattlesnakes underfoot,
