University Press of Kansas

In August 1889, the five states that were once part of the 1861 Dakota Territory?North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho?drafted their state constitutions in preparation for inclusion...

In this groundbreaking work, Cara Rogers Stevens examines the fascinating life of Thomas Jefferson?s book, Notes on the State of Virginia, from its innocuous composition in the early 1780s to its use...

The period between 1860 and 1920?inclusive of the Gilded Age and much of the Lochner era in legal history?is typically regarded as the heyday of conservative jurisprudence. According to this received...

Jonathan Bartho?s Whistling Dixie explores the interdependent political relationship between Ronald Reagan and the white conservative South, a relationship that had a profound impact on Reagan?s own...

How do you know when you?re face to face with a fringe-leaf ruellia? Is that particular flower button gayfeather or dotted gayfeather? And what about the pod clinging to your pants? Could it have...