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Why the Confederacy Lost—and Why We Should Care Today (Part 2)
January 13, 2023
by Christian B. Keller, editor of Southern Strategies: Why the Confederacy Failed. Read Part 1 here. In the second segment of my analysis on why the Confederacy failed in its…
Ricketts Senate Appointment Gives the Impression that Political Appointments Go to the Highest Bidder
January 12, 2023
by Ross Benes, author of Rural Rebellion: How Nebraska Became a Republican Stronghold If you want to understand how much Nebraska politics has changed during the twenty-first century, consider Pete…
University Press of Kansas Launches New Academic Series Focused on Indigenous Studies
November 17, 2022
The University Press of Kansas (UPK) is excited to launch The Lyda Conley Series on Trailblazing Indigenous Futures. Using Conley’s extraordinary life and work as a framework, this series features…
Upcoming Events
Kansas Association of Historians conference
Friday. March 31, 2023 | 12:00 pm
The University Press of Kansas will be exhibiting at the Kansas Association of Historians conference March 31 and April 1.
When History Happens Fast: Lessons from Reporting on LGBTQ Activism in Kansas
Saturday. April 1, 2023 | 7:00 pm
C.J. Janovy, author of No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas, will deliver the keynote address at the Kansas Association of Historians conference in Overland Park, KS.
Midwest Political Science Association conference
Thursday. April 13, 2023 | 9:30 am
The University Press of Kansas will have a booth in the APSA conference exhibit hall. Stop by our booth, speak with our editor, and view our newly published titles in political science.
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Constructing Constitutional Union in Early American History
Policing Sex in the Sunflower State
The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women
The United States Army and the Making of America
From Confederation to Empire, 1775-1903
The Presidency and National Identity
Curating America's Painful Past
Memory, Museums, and the National Imagination
Twenty Years of Teaching Creative Writing at Douglas County Jail
