Noted tax economist Frederick C. Stocker has observed that the property tax 'resembles a structur...

As the site of the first permanent English settlement in North America, the birthplace of a presi...

An anthology of poetry and prose from thirty-five of today's leading literary voices from the Sun...

'If we view the natural world in the context of time, everything we see becomes a story. Nothing ...

A complete, nuanced study of Laura Bush's work as first lady, which blended the traditional femin...

Starting with his coverage of the largest tornado in Kansas history, legendary correspondent, anc...

A political memoir of a life lived in service that's a testament to fairness and bipartisanship.

Runner-Up: Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year

In Laughing at Myself Dan Glickman tells his story of a classical family background, religious he...

After Ross Benes left Nebraska for New York, he witnessed his polite home state become synonymous...

A bold new look at Watergate from a member of the Senate Watergate Committee who argues that the ...

How did politicians, bureaucrats, reporters, and civilians in Richmond understand a war being fou...

Come along on a 40-year journey of Kansas basketball through the eyes of a hoops fanatic.

A story of pioneering students who brought together Americans of all faiths to embrace their diff...

A bold explanation of how reactionary political movements appeal to racism to reconcile American ...

A groundbreaking new examination of federal Indian boarding schools in the New Deal era and the t...

A bold explanation of how reactionary political movements appeal to racism to reconcile American ...

The compelling history of how the US Marines and their allies fought to preserve the Corps and es...

A deeply researched political history that finds a new origin story to today's deeply entrenched ...

An expert on presidential history and national identity explores the complicated and conflicted w...

A groundbreaking new examination of federal Indian boarding schools in the New Deal era and the t...

Of all the Allied strategic defensive campaigns in the first half of World War II, the fight to d...

The final work by late historian Thomas N. Ingersoll on the political crisis posed by the preside...

A bold and timely proposal for rethinking the role of the Supreme Court in the separation of powers.

Wars are fought by organizations and people who have disparate visions of the world they live in ...

An illuminating study of how foreign and domestic policies have reinforced each other in post-New...

A bold message of political hope in a time of cynicism and despair, Mending the Nation uses lesso...

For William Allen White, the ideal Midwestern community was a utopian vision of what America coul...

A lifelong soccer player and award-winning author shows us how the sport transcends races, ethnic...

The late poet Joan Yeagley's wry Midwestern voice engages Ovid's legacy as well as life in Missou...

In two 1997 decisions, the Supreme Court ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician...

What began as a standoff between competing steamship entrepreneurs ended as one of the Supreme Co...

Few Supreme Court decisions have stirred up as much controversy, vitriolic debate, and even viole...

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The role and range of the American presidency has undergone significant changes in the twenty-fir...

A classic on the politics of leadership, now expanded to include a chapter on the Trump presidenc...

Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) is best known for his masterpiece of military theory On War, yet ...

As alarming stories about new pathogens like the Ebola virus or Mad Cow Disease fill today's head...

When the major powers sent troops to the Korean peninsula in June of 1950, it supposedly marked t...

The battles of Belleau Wood and Soissons in June and July of 1918 marked a turning point in World...

So begins Albert Castel's classic history of Kansas during the Civil War. Long recognized as a ke...

Were America's Founders Christians or deists? Conservatives and secularists have taken each posit...

As reported in Newsweek, in various food magazines, and in the pages of major American newspapers...

Fisheries issues have been attracting increasing media attention in the wake of contamination sca...

Black Prisoner of War chronicles the story of James Daly, a young black soldier held captive for ...

Analyses how protest and the immigration debate influence Latinos sense of belonging in the US.

The announced purpose of U.S. antiterrorist policies after 9 11 was to bring democracy and the ru...

The Pacific Northwest has always invoked images of lush forested landscapes and travelog vistas. ...