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09/20/2024

UPK author Kenton Bird was recently featured in an article published by The Spokesman-Review, discussing his coauthored book with John C. Pierce entitled Tom Foley: The Man in the Middle: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/sep/08/ui-professor-kenton-bird-channels-a-little-bit-of-/.

PICK UP YOUR COPY of the book here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700634651/tom-foley/.

Across the street from the federal courthouse that bears his name and down the hill from where he grew up on the lower South Hill, the top floor of the Chronicle Building was packed with an audience eager to learn of former Congressman Tom Foley’s life and legacy.

09/19/2024

UPK's second Election Season Blog Post this week is by UPK author Michael J. Pomante II, discussing How the GOP Election Integrity Crusade Hurt Trump in 2020: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/blog/2024/09/19/how-the-gop-election-integrity-crusade-hurt-trump-in-2020/. DON'T FORGET to check out UPK's Election Season Sale to get 50% off select titles: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/election2024/.

09/18/2024

UPK's first Election Season Blog Post this week is by UPK author Robert C. Rowland discussing Donald Trump and rhetorical norms in debates: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/blog/2024/09/17/donald-trump-and-rhetorical-norms-in-debates/. DON'T FORGET to check our Election Season Book Sale and get 50% off select titles: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/election2024/.

09/17/2024

UPK author Tim Smith gave excellent insight into his book The Inland Campaign for Vicksburg: Five Battles in Seventeen Days, May 1-17, 1863, on the Emerging Civil War Podcast. Click here to listen to the full episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RPaeOmi6pRFmWJevy0hhr?go=1&sp_cid=9f4c3f81ca957970c5752277f2a550fb&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=f88e75b4126345ec.

DON'T FORGET to pick up your copy of the book here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700636556/the-inland-campaign-for-vicksburg/.

09/16/2024

New Publication Announcement - Kansas and Kansans in World War I: Service at Home and Abroad by Blake Andrew Watson. Purchase your copy today and receive 30% off + free shipping with code 24KANSAS: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637416/kansas-and-kansans-in-world-war-i/.

09/16/2024

New Publication Announcement - Kansas and Kansans in World War I: Service at Home and Abroad by Blake Andrew Watson. Purchase your copy today and receive 30% off + free shipping with code 24KANSAS: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637416/kansas-and-kansans-in-world-war-i/.

When president Woodrow Wilson spoke in Topeka on February 2, 1916, in favor of a stronger military, he faced skepticism and outright opposition from many Kan...

09/16/2024

A most excellent endorsement from Donald L. Fixico. Get your copy of Reinventing the Warrior: Masculinity in the American Indian Movement, 1968-1973 by Matthias André Voigt here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700636976/reinventing-the-warrior/.

09/13/2024

Happy Book Birthday to Facing the Victorious Turks: How the French Misread the Turkish War of Independence by Andrew Orr! Pick up your copy today: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637775/facing-the-victorious-turks/.

At the end of World War I, parts of the defeated Ottoman Empire were seized and partitioned by the Allied Powers. In response, the newly formed Turkish Natio...

09/12/2024

This week in our Election Season Blog, UPK recommends the following reading list on leadership in politics. Check out more here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/blog/2024/09/12/upk-leadership-in-politics-reading-list/.

09/11/2024

NEW BOOK ANNOUCEMENT - The Anti-Civil Rights Movement: Affirmative Action as Wedge and Weapon by Mike Steve Collins. Get your copy today and receive 30% off + free shipping with code 24MOVEMENT: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637140/the-anti-civil-rights-movement/.

In this deeply researched and powerfully written exposé, Mike Steve Collins pulls back the curtain on the networks of power and influence that are pul...

09/10/2024

Check our Ross Benes's endorsement for the book The Spirit of 1889! Get your copy here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637041/the-spirit-of-1889/.

09/10/2024

Check out UPK author James Locklear's recent interview with Nebraska Public Media on his book In the Country of the Kaw: A Personal Natural History of the American Plains here: https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/series-media/all-about-books-audio/standalone-audio-15890/an-interview-with-james-locklear-in-the-country-of-the-kaw-50025188/. GET YOUR COPY of the book here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700636419/in-the-country-of-the-kaw/.

09/09/2024

Election Season Book Sale starts today! Get 50% off select titles to begin your journey of understanding American presidential elections and politics: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/election2024/.

09/06/2024

"A faithful Catholic can, in good conscience, cast a ballot for Harris. I plan on doing just that." Read more on how UPK author John White has made his decision this upcoming presidential election: https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4854233-kamala-harris-catholics-faith/. DON'T FORGET to pick up a copy of John's latest book Grand Old Unraveling: The Republican Party, Donald Trump, and the Rise of Authoritarianism here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637089/grand-old-unraveling/.

A faithful Catholic can, in good conscience, cast a ballot for Kamala Harris.

09/06/2024

Do celebrity political endorsements make a difference? A look back at history with NPR featuring UPK author Mark Harvey: https://www.npr.org/2024/08/27/nx-s1-5090025/do-celebrity-political-endorsements-make-a-difference-a-look-back-at-history. DON'T FORGET to get a copy of Mark's book Celebrity Influence: Politics, Persuasion, and Issue-Based Advocacy here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700624980/celebrity-influence/.

09/05/2024

Check out the Emerging Civil War discussion with UPK author Hampton Newsome on his book Gettysburg's Southern Front: Opportunity and Failure at Richmond. Get your copy of the book here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700633470/gettysburgs-southern-front/.

09/05/2024

As we all know it is election season in the United States, and there is no better way to freshen up your knowledge of presidential election history than by reading more UPK books! Check out the latest blog post and book recommendations in our American Presidential Elections Series: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/blog/2024/09/05/upks-latest-in-the-american-presidential-elections-series/

Rylie Oswald In week five of Election Season with UPK, learn more about presidential election history in these recently published titles in the esteemed Read about American Presidential Elections in these recently published titles.

09/03/2024

Happy Book Birthday to Reinventing the Warrior: Masculinity in the American Indian Movement, 1968-1973 by Matthias André Voigt! Now available for purchase from your local, nationwide, and online retailers.

09/03/2024

Listen to the Vietnam Veteran News podcast with UPK author Eli Greenbaum discussing his book Hell, No, We Didn't Go! Firsthand Accounts of Vietnam War Protest and Resistance: https://vietnamveterannews.com/episode-2851/ . PICK UP a copy of Eli's book here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700636303/hell-no-we-didnt-go/.

08/30/2024

“JF: Why do we need to read Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers?

AB: It is a concise look into a decision that helped define the Reagan presidency and continues to have consequences today.”

Read more of the interview with author Andrew E. Busch and The Current Journal: https://currentpub.com/2024/08/21/the-authors-corner-with-andrew-e-busch/. DON’T FORGET to get your copy of Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers and get 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024. Hurry, this sale ends tomorrow!

08/30/2024

"JF: Why do we need to read Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers?

AB: It is a concise look into a decision that helped define the Reagan presidency and continues to have consequences today."

Read more of the interview with author Andrew E. Busch and The Current Journal: https://currentpub.com/2024/08/21/the-authors-corner-with-andrew-e-busch/. DON'T FORGET to get your copy of Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers and get 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024. Hurry, this sale ends tomorrow!

Andrew E. Busch is Associate Director of the Institute of American Civics at the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of

08/29/2024

This week in Election Season, UPK author Chelsea Ebin writes about the Religious Right and Project 2025 for Public Seminar: https://publicseminar.org/2024/08/the-catholic-new-right-and-project-2025/. DON'T FORGET to order a copy of Chelsea's book The Radical Mind: The Origins of Right-Wing Catholic and Protestant Coalition Building and get 50% with code 24SUMMER2024. Hurry, this sale ends August 31!

08/29/2024

It is always fantastic to see how local news is just as excited as we are about a book on Kansas and Kansans! Check out the Courier Traveler's review of Kansas and Kansas in World War I by Blake Watson to learn more about Cowley County soldiers: https://www.ctnewsonline.com/news/article_f4cad1ca-6020-11ef-bd0b-fb2a59789686.html. DON'T FORGET to order your copy of the book and receive 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024. Hurry, the sale ends on August 31!

Editor's Pick Cowley County soldiers named in new WWI book Press Release Aug 22, 2024 Aug 22, 2024 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new book describes how men from Cowley County and other Kansans participated in World War I. Kan...

08/28/2024

Happy Book Birthday to The Spirit of 1889 by Samuel Western! Place your order today and get 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024. Hurry, the sale ends August 31!

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08/28/2024

Here are some book recommendations on the American presidency and vice presidency for your reading pleasure. For more information check out our blog: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/blog/2024/08/16/upk-presidency-reading-list-for-election-season/. Video by UPK Intern Aubree Chavez, IB: Middle Ground Books. DON'T FORGET that all UPK books are currently 50% with code 24SUMMER2024. Hurry, the sale ends August 31!

08/27/2024

On February 27, 1973, a group of roughly 300 armed Indigenous men, women, and children seized the tiny hamlet of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, at gunpoint, took hostages, barricaded themselves in the hilltop church, and raised an upside-down American flag. Taking place at the site of the infamous massacre in 1890, the highly symbolic confrontation spearheaded by the American Indian Movement (AIM) ultimately evolved into a prolonged, seventy-one-day armed standoff between law enforcement officers and modern-day Indigenous warriors. Among these warriors were Vietnam War veterans armed with Vietnam-era equipment and weaponry. By organizing in defense of the newly proclaimed Independent Oglala Nation, the AIM activists at Wounded Knee linked their nationalist quest for sovereignty and self-determination with a warrior masculinity they constructed from a mix of Indigenous cultures and contemporary cultural elements, including the Black civil rights movement, the counterculture of the 1960s and early 1970s, and the antiwar movement. Read more by ordering a copy of Reinventing the Warrior: Masculinity in the American Indian Movement, 1968-1973 today and receive 30% off + free shipping with promo code: 24WARRIOR.

08/23/2024

Week #4 of Election Season with UPK! Check out the recent interview with author Christopher J. Devine on the impact of running mates here: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/blog/2024/08/23/author-christopher-j-devine-on-the-impact-of-running-mates/. DON'T FORGET to get a copy of Do Running Mates Matter? The Influence of Vice Presidential Candidates in Presidential Elections by Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko and get 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/search-grid/?keyword=do+running+mates+matter.

08/23/2024

LAST WEEK of the End of Summer Sale! Get 50% off all titles, and free shipping is offered on orders $75 or more (US only). Hurry, the sale ends August 31st. Happy shopping and reading: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/

Rylie Oswald Al-Awhad The University Press of Kansas has put together a reading list from our collection about political parties and movements. Join us as we count down the weeks…

08/22/2024

The Midwest...How does it exactly sway American politics? Find out more from UPK editor Jon K. Lauck in two recent discussions with Politico and Weekend Edition on NPR (see links below). DON'T FORGET to pick up a copy of Jon's co-edited book with Catherine McNicol Stock entitled The Conservative Heartland: A Political History of the Postwar American Midwest and get 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629312/the-conservative-heartland/.

Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/21/midwest-walz-vance-lauck-00175114

Weekend Edition on NPR: https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-5067014/vance-and-walz-both-claim-the-midwest-what-does-it-mean-to-be-midwestern

The vice presidential candidates have thrust a “forgotten” region back into the spotlight. But which version of the Midwest will voters find most compelling?

08/22/2024

All this talk about how celebrities influence elections...Sounds like we need to go to an expert! Check out the recent interview with UPK author Mark Harvey with the Hollywood Reporter here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/dnc-2024-harris-campaign-celebrities-1235978655/. DON'T FORGET to pick up a copy of Mark's book Celebrity Influence: Politics, Persuasion, and Issue-Based Advocacy and get 50% off using code 24SUMMER2024 at checkout: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700624980/celebrity-influence/.

As the Democratic National Convention kicks off with both political and Hollywood stars, strategists and observers weigh in on how Democrats will use their Hollywood supporters: "It is going to have to be a delicate balance."