Category Archives: american history

September 24, 2019

Celebrating 15 years of Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest

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This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Latinos in Chicago and the Midwest Series. This series documents the histories, challenges, and contributions of Latinos to Chicago and the Midwest. It promotes an understanding of regional and historical differences in Latino … Continue reading →

July 8, 2019

Q&A with Jake Johnson, author of Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America

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Jake Johnson is an assistant professor of musicology in the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University. He recently answered some questions about his new book, Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America. Q: Why did you decide to … Continue reading →

June 19, 2019

Peter Cole wins Philip Taft Labor History Book Award for “Dockworker Power”

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We are pleased to announce that Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area by Peter Cole was a co-winner of the Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, awarded by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) and … Continue reading →

June 19, 2019

Alina R. Méndez Wins 2019 Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation

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We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 LAWCHA (Labor and Working Class History Association) Gutman Prize! Congratulations to Alina R. Méndez, whose dissertation titled “Cheap for Whom? Migration, Farm Labor, and Social Reproduction in the Imperial Valley-Mexicali Borderlands, 1942-1969” will be … Continue reading →

June 14, 2019

Q&A with Erika K. Jackson, author of “Scandinavians in Chicago”

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Erika K. Jackson is an associate professor of history at Colorado Mesa University. She recently answered some questions about her book, Scandinavians in Chicago: The Origins of White Privilege in Modern America. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I … Continue reading →

May 24, 2019

Cicero M. Fain III on “Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story”

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Cicero M. Fain III is a professor of history at the College of Southern Maryland. He recently answered some questions about his new book Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story. _______________________________________ Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I decided … Continue reading →

May 20, 2019

Rediscovering the Black Arts Movement, Jonathan Fenderson on Hoyt Fuller

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Jonathan Fenderson is an assistant professor of African and African American studies at Washington University in St. Louis. He recently answered some questions about his new book Building the Black Arts Movement: Hoyt Fuller and the Cultural Politics of the 1960s.  … Continue reading →

April 26, 2019

Scandinavian Studies at the U of I Press

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Since 2013, the U of I Press has been home to Scandinavian Studies, the official journal of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. This interdisciplinary journal features work in the humanities and social sciences on the languages, cultures, … Continue reading →

March 25, 2019

Q&A with Christopher J. Smith, author of Dancing Revolution

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Christopher J. Smith is a professor, chair of musicology, and founding director of the Vernacular Music Center at the Texas Tech University School of Music. He is the author of the award-winning book The Creolization of American Culture: William Sidney Mount and … Continue reading →

March 18, 2019

Q&A with Noah Brooks: An Excerpt from Lincoln’s Confidant

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Check out an excerpt from Lincoln’s Confidant by Wayne C. Temple, in which Noah Brooks completes an 19th century approximation of our modern-day personality quizzes. Through his answers, we get a sense of Brooks’s humor and easy-going nature, giving us … Continue reading →