Cities on the plains the evolution of urban Kansas - Shortridge, James R. (University Press of Kansas, 2004)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-470) and index
Systems of cities on the plains -- The river towns to 1860 -- Lawrence, Topeka, and the placement of public institutions, 1854-1866 -- Railroad promotion and a reconceptualization of urban Kansas, 1863-1880 -- Later railroads and railroad towns, 1877-1910 -- Mining, irrigation, and newer institutional towns, 1876-1950 -- Urban consolidation in a railroad mode, 1880-1950 -- Postindustrial Kansas I: the interstate cities since 1950 -- Postindustrial Kansas II: life beyond the exit ramps