Jennifer Sdunzik, author of The Geography of Hate: The Great Migration through Small-Town America, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I […]
Q&A with Jennifer Sdunzik, author of THE GEOGRAPHY OF HATE
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2023 Native American Heritage Month Reading List
What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth […]
ASA 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 American Studies Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
Q&A with Gary Scott Smith, author of DO ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN
Gary Scott Smith, author of Do All the Good You Can: How Faith Shaped Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Politics, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to […]
Free E-book Giveaway: LOCOMOTIVE TO AEROMOTIVE
November’s free e-book is here! Check out Locomotive to Aeromotive: Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution by Simine Short before the month is over! French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave […]
Q&A with Joseph Horowitz, author of THE PROPAGANDA OF FREEDOM
Joseph Horowitz, author of The Propaganda of Freedom: JFK, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and the Cultural Cold War, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
2023 Filipino American History Month Reading List
Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian American group in the nation. The celebration of Filipino American History Month in October commemorates the first recorded presence of Filipinos in the continental […]
Q&A with Tariq D. Khan, author of THE REPUBLIC SHALL BE KEPT CLEAN
Tariq D. Khan, author of The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean: How Settler Colonial Violence Shaped Antileft Repression, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to […]
State History Trivia
How much do you know about American history? The University of Illinois Press has three different state history journals: Connecticut History Review, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, and […]
Brown Lives Need To Speak For Black Lives Lost
Shreerekha Pillai, editor of Carceral Liberalism: Feminist Voices against State Violence, wrote this piece following the killing of Tyre Nichols. My high school years were bracketed by gruesome violence unleashed […]
Free E-book Giveaway: SURVIVING SOUTHAMPTON
September’s free e-book is here! Check out Surviving Southampton: African American Women and Resistance in Nat Turner’s Community by Vanessa M. Holden before the month is over! The 1831 Southampton […]
Q&A with Paul A. Shackel, author of THE RUINED ANTHRACITE
Paul A. Shackel, author of The Ruined Anthracite: Historical Trauma in Coal-Mining Communities, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Over a […]