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Reform and Reaction
The Arc of Kansas Politics
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: June 18, 2024
Format: Paperback
256 Pages
In the Country of the Kaw
A Personal Natural History of the American Plains
Price: $34.95
Pub Date: April 28, 2024
Format: Hardcover
328 Pages
In the Country of the Kaw is a joyous exploration of the realm of the Kaw River, which stretches from the High Plains of Colorado to the Kansas city metropolitan area.
Once We Were Strangers
A German Immigrant Family in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: March 11, 2024
Format: Paperback
352 Pages
The Rise and Fall of Indian Country, 1825-1855
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: March 5, 2024
Format: Paperback
216 Pages
This first book-length study of “Indian country” explains why the federal government failed to protect the congressionally-designated refuge (west of Missouri and Arkansas) for displaced Native Americans. Argues that the federal policy was flawed from the start and that the supposed refuge endured only until the needs of westward expansion made those promises inconvenient.
Kansas City's Montgall Avenue
Black Leaders and the Street They Called Home
Price: $26.95
Pub Date: May 30, 2023
Format: Paperback
296 Pages
Gathering Strays
Stories from Kansas and the Southwestern Plains
Price: $34.95
Pub Date: February 21, 2023
Format: Paperback
408 Pages
A Generation at War
The Civil War Era in a Northern Community
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: February 3, 2023
Format: Paperback
384 Pages
Examines how the Civil War impacted specific communities in the Union’s Midwestern heartland. Offers a deeply-researched microhistory of one such community—Putnam County, Indiana—from the Compromise of 1850 to the end of Reconstruction, and shows how its citizens responded to and were affected by the war.
Prairie Fire
A Great Plains History
Price: $26.95
Pub Date: January 6, 2023
Format: Paperback
288 Pages
The first comprehensive environmental history of prairie fire on the Great Plains. Traces the history of both natural and intentional fires from pre-Columbian Native American practices to the current use of controlled burns as an effective land management tool. Shows the impact fire has had in shaping the identity of both the Great Plains people and their land.
Childhood on the Farm
Work, Play, and Coming of Age in the Midwest
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: January 6, 2023
Format: Paperback
312 Pages
Reform and Reaction
The Arc of Kansas Politics
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: June 18, 2024
Format: Paperback
256 Pages
In the Country of the Kaw
A Personal Natural History of the American Plains
Price: $34.95
Pub Date: April 28, 2024
Format: Hardcover
328 Pages
Once We Were Strangers
A German Immigrant Family in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: March 11, 2024
Format: Paperback
352 Pages
The Rise and Fall of Indian Country, 1825-1855
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: March 5, 2024
Format: Paperback
216 Pages
This first book-length study of “Indian country” explains why the federal government failed to protect the congressionally-designated refuge (west of Missouri and Arkansas) for displaced Native Americans. Argues that the federal policy was flawed from the start and that the supposed refuge endured only until the needs of westward expansion made those promises inconvenient.
Kansas City's Montgall Avenue
Black Leaders and the Street They Called Home
Price: $26.95
Pub Date: May 30, 2023
Format: Paperback
296 Pages
Gathering Strays
Stories from Kansas and the Southwestern Plains
Price: $34.95
Pub Date: February 21, 2023
Format: Paperback
408 Pages
A Generation at War
The Civil War Era in a Northern Community
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: February 3, 2023
Format: Paperback
384 Pages
Examines how the Civil War impacted specific communities in the Union’s Midwestern heartland. Offers a deeply-researched microhistory of one such community—Putnam County, Indiana—from the Compromise of 1850 to the end of Reconstruction, and shows how its citizens responded to and were affected by the war.
Prairie Fire
A Great Plains History
Price: $26.95
Pub Date: January 6, 2023
Format: Paperback
288 Pages
The first comprehensive environmental history of prairie fire on the Great Plains. Traces the history of both natural and intentional fires from pre-Columbian Native American practices to the current use of controlled burns as an effective land management tool. Shows the impact fire has had in shaping the identity of both the Great Plains people and their land.
Childhood on the Farm
Work, Play, and Coming of Age in the Midwest
Price: $29.95
Pub Date: January 6, 2023
Format: Paperback
312 Pages