Search results for ""author james r. shortridge""
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Kansas City and How It Grew 18222011
Think of Kansas City and you'll probably think of barbecue, jazz, or the Chiefs. But for James Shortridge, this heartland city is more than the sum of its cultural beacons. In Kansas City and How It Grew, 1822-201, he traces the historical geography of a place that has developed over 200 years from a cowtown on the bend of the Missouri River into a metropolis straddling two states.
£37.95
MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Cities on the Plains The Evolution of Urban Kansas
From Abilene to Wichita and beyond, a constellation of cities glitters across the fertile plains of Kansas. Their story is entwined with that of the state as a whole, and their size and status are rarely questioned. This text relates the history of Kansas' larger communities from the 1850s to the present.
£58.50
