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Macroanalysis

Digital Methods and Literary History

Matthew L. Jockers

Sweet Air

Modernism, Regionalism, and American Popular Song

Edward P. Comentale

Indian Accents

Brown Voice and Racial Performance in American Television and Film

Shilpa S. Davé

Chasing Newsroom Diversity

From Jim Crow to Affirmative Action

Gwyneth Mellinger

One Woman in a Hundred

Edna Phillips and the Philadelphia Orchestra

Mary Sue Welsh

No Votes for Women

The New York State Anti-Suffrage Movement

Susan Goodier

Weavers of Dreams, Unite!

Actors' Unionism in Early Twentieth-Century America

Sean P. Holmes

Mary Lincoln's Insanity Case

A Documentary History

Jason Emerson

Women Singers in Global Contexts

Music, Biography, Identity

Edited by Ruth Hellier

Organized Crime in Chicago

Beyond the Mafia

Robert M. Lombardo

Lynching Beyond Dixie

American Mob Violence Outside the South

Edited by Michael J. Pfeifer

Alec Wilder

Philip Lambert

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Q&A with Rob White, author of Contemporary Film Directors book Todd Haynes The Contemporary Film Directors series presents engagingly written commentaries on the work of living directors from around the world. Todd Haynes author Rob White was Commissioning Editor of Books at the British Film Institute, 1995–2005, and Editor of Film Quarterly, … Continue reading →

The First to Fly Controversy Recently the publication, Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft declared at that aviator Gustave Whitehead, instead of the Wright brothers, was the first to take to the air in the sustained operation of a flying machine. The claim has caused quite a dustup amongst … Continue reading →

Rebels and Runaways wins Florida Book Award Larry Eugene Rivers’s recent book Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida has received the Bronze Medal in the Florida Book Awards Nonfiction Category for 2012. Published in July 2012, Rebels and Runaways analyzes the various degrees of slave … Continue reading →

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Stephen Wade at Loyola University, IL Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:00 CDT — Presentation
Jacqueline McLeod at the Brooklyn Bar Association, Brooklyn, NY Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:30:00 CDT — Book Signing
Stephen Wade at Loyola University, IL Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:00:00 CDT — Presentation
Stephen Wade at Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, IL Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:00:00 CDT — Presentation
Organization of American Historians Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:30:00 CDT
Stephen Wade at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:00:00 CDT — Presentation
Stephen Wade at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:00:00 CDT — Presentation
Simine Short at the World Creativity and Innovation Week Kick-off, Porter, IN Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:00:00 CDT — Lecture/Signing
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