Kent Press: 598 books
Rosie the Rubber Worker
Women Workers in Akron's Rubber Factories during World War II
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2000
In this richly illustrated book Kathleen L. Endres examines the lives of women working in the rubber industry in World War II.Endres points out that women were not new to the factories of Akron. Years before the war, many women had been balancing their home lives with working in these factories. And...
The Romance of History
Essays in Honor of Lawrence S. Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
The Romance of History is a collection of articles and essays which reflects the varied professional interests of eminent diplomatic historian Lawrence S. Kaplan. The collection is drawn largely from Kaplan’s former students—accomplished scholars in their own right—but also features senior colleagues.
Throughout...
Buckeye Presidents
Ohioans in the White House
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 1999
An examination of the important role of Ohio in U.S. presidential history
Only two states can claim the title “the Mother of U.S. Presidents”—Ohio and Virginia. Fifteen presidents have hailed from either Ohio or Virginia, though one of those men, William Henry Harrison, is attributed...
Fernando Wood
A Political Biography
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
Fernando Wood was one of the most controversial figures of nineteenth-century America. His fellow New Yorkers either respected or despised him, depending whether they considered his policies beneficial or harmful to their interests. The character revealed herein possessed some admirable qualities;...
by George Condon
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
A narrative history of Cleveland’s West Side
“In the beginning, two settlements straddled the Cuyahoga River at its northernmost reach, where it twists its way into Lake Erie. The older and larger of the two, Cleveland, was on the east bank. The younger community on the west bank was called...
Hauptmanns Ladder
A Step-by-Step Analysis of the Lindbergh Kidnapping
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
In 1936, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. Almost all of America believed Hauptmann guilty; only a few magazines and tabloids published articles questioning his conviction. In the ensuing decades, many books about the Lindbergh case have been...
Citizens and Communities
Civil War History Readers, Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2015
Trailblazing essays on the home front from Civil War History
For more than sixty years the journal Civil War History has presented the best original scholarship in the study of America’s greatest struggle. Civil War History Readers reintroduce the most influential articles published in the...
Gentleman George Hunt Pendleton
Party Politics and Ideological Identity in Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
The first modern biography of this notable politician
“Mach’s detailed and thoughtful examination of Ohio lawyer-politician-diplomat George Hunt Pendleton is an impressive piece of scholarship and will surely be the standard for decades to come.”
—H. Roger Grant, Department of History,...
My Father Spoke Finglish at Work
Finnish Americans in Northeastern Ohio
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
A regional view of Finnish immigration
In 1874 the first Finnish immigrants came to Northeast Ohio’s Lake Erie port towns to work on the docks loading coal or unloading iron ore from ships sailing the Great Lakes or to work on the railroads. As with most immigrant groups, the Finns clustered...
A Cleveland Legacy
The Architecture of Walker and Weeks
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Published in cooperation with Western Reserve Historical Society
“Walker and Weeks was the most influential architectural firm in Ohio during the first half of the twentieth century. It transformed the image of Cleveland from that of an overgrown Victorian village into one of a progressive...
Unforgettable Ohioans
Thirteen Mavericks Who Made History on Their Own Terms
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Captivating portraits of extraordinary individuals
Famous Buckeyes are recognized by practically everyone. They range from presidents and inventors to aviators and astronauts. But other important Ohioans have been unfairly forgotten over the years. To find them, the authors of Unforgettable...
Labor Market Politics and the Great War
The Department of Labor, the States, and the First U.S. Employment Service
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
The Department of Labor seized the opportunity provided by the chaotic labor market conditions during World War I to expand the US Employment Service (USES) and to establish control of the national labor market. That attempt provoked a reaction on the part of states that had created their own employment...
by Frederick Lieb
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2008
A facsimile reproduction of the 1946 history of the Detroit Tigers
Fred Lieb’s team history of the Detroit Tigers was originally published in1946 as part of the celebrated series of major league team histories published by G. P. Putnam. With their colorful prose and delightful narratives,...
Beyond the Call of Duty
Army Flight Nursing in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2013
At the height of World War II, five hundred Army flight nurses served with the Army Air Forces as members of thirty-one medical air evacuation squadrons located throughout the world on both the European and Pacific fronts. Their work was not insignificant—over one million patients were evacuated...