Art, Architecture, and Photography

In Soldier Snapshots Jay Mechling explores how American men socially construct their performance of masculinity in everyday life in all-male friendship groups during their service in the military.

This book tells the story of a remarkable memorial to American Vietnam War veterans and the equally remarkable family that build it—without any assistance or recognition from the federal government.

Rock carvings by Native Americans are a little known but important part of the Kansas landscape. They tell us much about the people who were here before Euro-Americans.

Award winning photographer Larry Schwarm tells stories through pictures about Kansas and its farmers; an art and science collaboration.

Expands the picture of early American modernism well beyond New York City’s dominant impact on the movement by revealing the rich and vibrant modernist art community that New York socialite Mabel Dodge Luhan created in her famous Taos, New Mexico, salon.

The first systematic examination of the image of Malcolm X, a uniquely conspicuous cultural figure who has been framed as both villain and hero, cast by mainstream media during his lifetime as “the most feared man in American history," and elevated at his death as a heroic emblem of African American identity.

An immensely engaging and profusely illustrated natural history of the sperm whale by a world-renowned writer and artist of marine life. This is a supreme guide to the planet’s most intelligent, elusive, and endangered species—and also goes further to explore this iconic whale's impact on our history, environment, and culture.

This first ever history of the southeastern Kansas university presents nearly 400 photographs, accompanied by insightful text, to trace the institution’s evolution during its first century—as it transformed from a modest state vocational school to today’s multipurpose university of more than 7,000 students.