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September 20, 2018

Richard T. Hughes’s Great American Myths: Now Including White Supremacy

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In the following excerpt from his book “Myths America Lives By: White Supremacy and the Stories That Give Us Meaning,” Richard T. Hughes explains how he came to reevaluate his understanding of the 5 Great American Myths to include the primal … Continue reading →

September 20, 2018

Meet our authors at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass

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Meet our authors at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass! Barbara Martin Stephens, Don’t Give Your Heart to A Rambler Mike Doubler, Dixie Dewdrop: The Uncle Dave Macon Story Neil Rosenberg, Bluegrass Generation Penny Parsons, Foggy Mountain Troubadour: The Life and Music … Continue reading →

September 13, 2018

Teaching in the Time of “trumpism”: Reflections on Citizenship and Hospitality

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The most recent special issue of Women, Gender, and Families of Color titled “Trump’s America? Disquiet Campus? Marginalized College Students, Faculty, and Staff Reflect on Learning, Working, Living, and Engaging,” contains 25 articles from contributors who address the very tangible changes and … Continue reading →

August 31, 2018

Celebrating 40 Years of The Working Class in American History Series

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This labor day weekend, we are celebrating 40 years of The Working Class in American History Series! The Working Class in American History series publishes research that illuminates the broad dimensions of working people’s influence in North America. The series … Continue reading →

August 23, 2018

Q&A with Keisha Lindsay, author of “In a Classroom of Their Own”

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Keisha Lindsay is an associate professor of gender and women’s studies and political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She recently answered some questions for us about her new book, In a Classroom of Their Own: The Intersection of Race and … Continue reading →

August 10, 2018

Michael Heller, editor of “Jazz and Culture”, named as a 2018 ACLS Fellow!

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Congratulations to Michael Heller, the editor of Jazz and Culture, on being named one of the 2018 American Council of Learned Society Fellows! The 2018 ACLS Fellowship was awarded to 78 recipients to [advance] humanistic studies in all fields of … Continue reading →

August 6, 2018

Q&A with Roger R. Tamte, author of “Walter Camp and the Creation of American Football”

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Roger R. Tamte is a patent attorney and scholar of early American football who has studied Camp for many years. He recently answered some questions with us about his new book, Walter Camp and the Creation of Football. Q. Who was … Continue reading →

August 3, 2018

3rd & FINAL IPad Giveaway

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The University of Illinois Press is celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year. In order to celebrate, we decided to do something special for our readers. In honor of 100 years, we have already given away two iPads pre-loaded with 100 UIP ebooks, … Continue reading →

August 2, 2018

Come See Us at #AEJMC18!

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Beginning Monday, August 6, 2018, visit Senior Acquisitions Editor Daniel Nasset in the exhibit hall at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2018 Conference. Get University of Illinois Press books at the conference discount of up to 40% … Continue reading →

July 23, 2018

A Q&A with Walter Aaron Clark, author of “Los Romeros: Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar”

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Walter Aaron Clark is Distinguished Professor of Musicology and the founder/director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Music at the University of California, Riverside. His books include Isaac Albéniz: Portrait of a Romanticand Enrique Granados: Poet of the Piano. In 2016, … Continue reading →