Kent State University Press: 593 books
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,...
Cautious Rebel
A Biography of Susan Clay Smitzky
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1997
“Willa Cather wrote that ‘the history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.’ This is the story of the heart—and of the mind—and the conflicts within. It is the country’s story. It is our story.” —James C. Klotter, Director and State Historian, Kentucky Historical...
Lost Ohio
More Travels into the Haunted Landscapes, Ghost Towns, and Forgotten Lives
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
A fascinating look at Ohio’s forgotten history
Take a leisurely tour across the Buckeye State with author Randy McNutt to a massive swamp that swallowed pioneers’ wagons, a haunted prison, a faded German utopia, a town where they still chase horse thieves, a marriage mecca, a village where...
Call Me Mike
A Political Biography of Michael V. DiSalle
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1998
Michael V. DiSalle was elected to his first and only term as governor in one of Ohio’s most contentious elections, which featured a ferocious battle over the so-called “Right-to-Work” issue, a union-busting constitutional amendment placed on the ballot over the objections of Republican party...
Wild Ohio
The Best of Our Natural Heritage
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
A photographic documentation of the most outstanding natural habitats in Ohio
“We hope this book never becomes an epitaph for what once was. Ohio is incredibly rich in biodiversity, possibly more so than any other midwestern state. . . . We encourage you to visit these places and view the...
by Toyin Falola
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
A critical study of a progressive period in Nigerian history
Created as a result of British colonialism, Nigeria emerged as a nation-state during the mid–twentieth century. The British colonial administration, in a state of economic crisis and with huge debts to the United States, was uninterested...
Classic 'Burgh
The 50 Greatest Collegiate Games in Pittsburgh Sports History
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
The great tradition of collegiate sports in western Pennsylvania told through 50 memorable games
When sports fans think of collegiate sports in western Pennsylvania, most think of football at the University of Pittsburgh, but there is much more.
In the 1940s and 1950s, Duquesne University...
Neptune's Militia
The Frigate South Carolina During the American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
The virtues of the citizen-soldier are prominent in the history of the American Revolution, but less attention has been given to the citizen-sailor. However, there were state navies during the war, the seaward equivalent of the state militias, and the state of South Carolina put to sea the most important...
Jim Tully
American Writer, Irish Rover, Hollywood Brawler
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
The first biography of the vagabond, hard-boiled writer who rocked Hollywood during the Roaring Twenties
The son of an Irish ditch-digger, Jim Tully (1886–1947) left his hometown of St. Marys, Ohio, in 1901, spending most of his teenage years in the company of hoboes. Drifting across the...
Kenyon Cox, 1856-1919
A Life in American Art
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Kenyon Cox was among the best-know cultural figures in the United States during the first two decades of this century, thanks to his reputation as a mural painter and especially as a critic. In this first biography, H. Wayne Morgan focuses on Cox’s development and personality, treating his art as...
To Plead Our Own Cause
African Americans in Massachusetts and the Making of the Antislavery Movement
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
The antislavery movement entered an important new phase when William Lloyd Garrison began publishing the Liberator in 1831—a phase marked by massive petition campaigns, the extraordinary mobilization of female activists, and the creation of organizations such as the American Anti-Slavery Society....
The Frontier Republic
Ideology and Politics in The Ohio Country, 1780-1825
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2011
Conflict invariably characterizes the period following any revolution, and post-revolutionary America was no exception. After the unity inspired by opposition to a common enemy dissipates, revolutionary movements generally splinter into different groups that compete with each other for the right to...
V. L. Parrington
Through the Avenue of Art
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
“Consciously I was neither radical nor conservative, and yet my reading was drawing me inevitably out of the narrower field of polite literature into the new world of social thought that was rising about me. Carlyle, Ruskin, Morris became increasingly my teachers-above all others Morris. I have...
The Pursuit of Public Power
Political Culture in Ohio, 1787-1861
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Many of the political institutions that would dominate 19th-century America (and the Midwest in particular) originated and first evolved in Ohio. The Pursuit of Public Power explores the origins and nature of political culture here from the American Revolution until the Civil War. Twelve essays examine...