Kansas A Land of Contrasts

Name: Kansas A Land of Contrasts
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ISBN: 9780882959498

ISBN-10: 0882959492

ISBN-13: 9780882959498

Edition: 4th 1999

Authors: Robert W. Richmond

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Now in its fourth edition, the singular text of Kansas history for the last twenty-four years, Dr. Robert W. Richmond's Kansas: A Land of Contrast remains the classic survey of the Kansas story.The political and economic aspects of the state's development are fully covered, but in this latest revision there is a greater emphasis on social history, with artists, writers, and athletes sharing the stage with politicians, industrialists, and explorers.As in previous editions, Richmond includes ample quotations from documents of the period to convey a first-hand impression of the times. These colorful and often humorous anecdotes pepper the text with distinctive detail and make it a true…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/3/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 366
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Preface



The Land and Its Native People



Exploration of the Great Plains



Indian Removal and Christian Missionary Efforts



Trails and Early Transportation



"Bleeding Kansas"--The Territorial Period



The First Years of Statehood



The Development of the Railroads



The Cattle Trade: Trail Herds, Towns, and Ranchers



The Frontier is Settled



Immigrants on the Prairies



Prohibition to Populism, 1870-1900



Progressive Politics and Progress in a New Century



The First World War and a "Return to Normalcy"



The Changing, Troubled Twenties



The "Dirty Thirties": Kansas and the Great Depression



Changing Times: The Second World War and Its Aftermath



Kansas and the Arts



Change, Controversy, and Commemoration


Appendix


Index