Professional & Continuing EducationThis community contains items from Record Group 31/0.https://hdl.handle.net/1808/217142024-03-19T08:39:15Z2024-03-19T08:39:15ZKansas Revisited: Historical Images and PerspectivesStuewe, Paul K.https://hdl.handle.net/1808/226312020-09-23T13:31:33Z1990-01-01T00:00:00ZKansas Revisited: Historical Images and Perspectives
Stuewe, Paul K.
This volume contains 26 essays by various authors that describe people, times, issues, and places to help us understand Kansas history and its future. It assesses both positive and negative experiences, while covering a surprising amount of the state’s social, political, economic, and cultural history, Topics include the depopulation of the Kansa Indians, the influx of blacks before the Civil War, Eisenhower, Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, and the future of Kansas agriculture and rural communities.
Although all footnotes have been removed and some articles are abridged, the full citation for each selection guides readers who wish to read the entire piece. Each chapter has an introduction and concludes with a short bibliography of books and articles for future reading. Numerous photos enhance the text. This collection is designed to help us better understand our cultural diversity and roots and to develop a sense of community and shared responsibility. Kansas is indeed a land of contrast and contradictions.
1990-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Kansas Immigrants IIUniversity of Kansas Division of Continuing EducationKANUhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/223062020-09-23T13:34:08Z1981-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Kansas Immigrants II
University of Kansas Division of Continuing Education; KANU
Watkins, Barbara
The Kansas Immigrants II addresses a number of issues: the efforts of
immigrants to assimilate to the larger society while attempting to maintain
their own ethnic identity, the occasional violence in the meeting of different
cultures in formerly homogeneous communities, and the problem of understanding
different family values and lifestyles from one culture to another. It also
examines the difficulties in preserving ethnic heritage; the oppression,
segregation, and exploitation of ethnic minorities; the contributions of
ethnic groups to the arts and cuisine; and the role of the ethnic church or
organization in nurturing its members.
The first series dealt with immigration to Kansas prior to 1920; the
second-year programs dip back in time to pick up a few early topics but concentrate
mainly on developments after 1920. Many of the programs feature representative
individuals or ethnic communities, for example, Strawberry Hill, a
Croatian neighborhood in Kansas City;· Lebanese families in Pittsburg and
Wichita; Potawatomi in the Horton area; and Beersheba, a defunct Jewish colony
in western Kansas.
Many Kansans today are rediscovering their personal and ethnic heritage.
In music, art, literature, oral history and genealogy, these individuals are
seeking to understand how their heritage has helped shape their lives. This
project provides glimpses into the experiences of many of the groups that have
peopled this state. Together the fifty-six programs in the two-year series
present a comprehensive view of immigration to Kansas.
The radio broadcasts that accompany this book are available in the KU Libraries' collections: http://catalog.lib.ku.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=796665
1981-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Kansas Immigrants: A series of fifty-six articles on the ethnic heritage of KansasUniversity of Kansas Division of Continuing EducationKANUhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/223052020-09-23T14:00:42Z1980-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Kansas Immigrants: A series of fifty-six articles on the ethnic heritage of Kansas
University of Kansas Division of Continuing Education; KANU
Watkins, Barbara
Many Kansans today are rediscovering their personal and ethnic heritage. In music, art, literature, oral history and genealogy, these individuals are seeking to understand how their heritage has helped shape their lives. The Kansas Immigrants provides glimpses into the experiences of many of the groups that have settled this state. Together, these articles present a comprehensive view of immigration to the state. The Kansas Immigrants addresses a number of issues: the efforts of immigrants to assimilate to the larger society while attempting to maintain their own ethnic identity, the occasional violence in the meeting of different cultures in formerly homogeneous communities, and the problem of understanding different family values and lifestyles from one culture to another. It also examines the difficulties in preserving ethnic heritage; the oppression, segregation, and exploitation of ethnic minorities; the contributions of ethnic groups to the arts and cuisine; and the role of the ethnic church or organization in nurturing its members.
The radio broadcasts that accompany this book are available in the KU Libraries' collections: http://catalog.lib.ku.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=796665
1980-01-01T00:00:00ZOn Kansas Trails: Traveling with Explorers, Emigrants, and EntrepreneursUniversity of Kansas Division of Continuing Educationhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/223042020-09-23T13:35:47Z1990-01-01T00:00:00ZOn Kansas Trails: Traveling with Explorers, Emigrants, and Entrepreneurs
University of Kansas Division of Continuing Education
On Kansas Trails: Traveling with Explorers, Immigrants, and Entrepreneurs is a 26-part radio/newspaper series. It focuses on routes and travel in Kansas both as a historical and geographical reality and as a metaphor for the settlement and transformation of the state. Drawing on recent research of social historians, travel literature, and anthropological and literary works, this series provides fresh perspectives on the state's history.
1990-01-01T00:00:00Z