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History, State & Local



link to catalog page CUTLER, The Jews of Chicago

The Jews of Chicago

From Shtetl to Suburb

Author: Irving Cutler
Pub Date: Cloth: 1996; Paper: 2009

The fascinating, fully illustrated story of Chicago's vibrant Jewish community   learn more...

link to catalog page WALSH, The Shadows Rise

The Shadows Rise

Abraham Lincoln and the Ann Rutledge Legend

Author: John Evangelist Walsh
Pub Date: January 2009

Unraveling the fabled romance between Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge   learn more...

link to catalog page SUMMERHILL, Harvest of Dissent

Harvest of Dissent

Agrarianism in Nineteenth-Century New York

Author: Thomas Summerhill
Pub Date: Cloth: 2005; Paper: 2008

A deep account of the long transition towards capitalism and modernity in the rural United States   learn more...

link to catalog page BEIER, Health Culture in the Heartland, 1880-1980 Author: Lucinda McCray Beier
Pub Date: October 2008

A century of developing health culture in McLean County, Illinois   learn more...

link to catalog page TROTTER, Black Milwaukee

Black Milwaukee

The Making of an Industrial Proletariat, 1915-45

Author: Joe William Trotter, Jr.
Pub Date: 2007

An updated version of a fiery classic   learn more...

link to catalog page DUIS, Challenging Chicago

Challenging Chicago

Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920

Author: Perry R. Duis
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2007

Hard lives and how they were lived in old Chicago   learn more...

link to catalog page BERWANGER, The Rise of the Centennial State

The Rise of the Centennial State

Colorado Territory, 1861-76

Author: Eugene H. Berwanger
Pub Date: April 2007

A vivid description of Colorado’s beginnings   learn more...

link to catalog page WONG, American Paper Son

American Paper Son

A Chinese Immigrant in the Midwest

Author: Wayne Hung Wong
Pub Date: December 2006

A captivating look at a hidden chapter in Chinese American history   learn more...

link to catalog page WEINER, Coalfield Jews

Coalfield Jews

An Appalachian History

Author: Deborah R. Weiner
Pub Date: October 2006

The stories of vibrant eastern European Jewish communities in the Appalachian coalfields   learn more...

link to catalog page CARRIGAN, The Making of a Lynching Culture

The Making of a Lynching Culture

Violence and Vigilantism in Central Texas, 1836-1916

Author: William D. Carrigan
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2006

How a culture of violence legitimized lynching among ordinary people   learn more...

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