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October 29, 2024 (October 2, 2024)

Q&A with the author of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, STATESMAN HISTORIAN

american history Lincoln Q&A

Jesse Derber, author of Abraham Lincoln, Statesman Historian, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?  While there are so many aspects of […]

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October 28, 2024

Q&A with the author of LEARNING FOR WORK

american history education Illinois / regional labor history Q&A

Connie Goddard, author of Learning for Work: How Industrial Education Fostered Democratic Opportunity, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?   The book […]

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October 25, 2024 (October 23, 2024)

Q&A with the author of CONSTRUCTING DISABILITY AFTER THE GREAT WAR

american history disability studies military history Q&A

Evan P. Sullivan, author of Constructing Disability after the Great War: Blind Veterans in the Progressive Era, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write […]

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September 12, 2024 (August 21, 2024)

Q&A with the author of SONIA JOHNSON

american history feminist studies gender studies Mormon Studies Q&A religion

Christine Talbot, author of Sonia Johnson: A Mormon Feminist, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?  When Matthew Harris and Joseph Spencer […]

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September 9, 2024 (August 21, 2024)

Q&A with the author of LINCOLN’S RISE TO ELOQUENCE

american history American literature communication language & linguistics Lincoln Q&A

D. Leigh Henson, author of Lincoln’s Rise to Eloquence: How He Gained the Presidential Nomination, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?  […]

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July 29, 2024 (July 19, 2024)

Q&A with the author of CIRCUS WORLD

american history animal ethics gender studies labor history Q&A

Andrea Ringer, the author of Circus World: Roustabouts, Animals, and the Work of Putting on the Big Show, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to […]

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June 19, 2024 (June 10, 2024)

Q&A with the author of WAIKIKI DREAMS

american history biography culture Q&A sports

Patrick Moser, the author of Waikiki Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?   I wanted […]

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May 31, 2024 (May 14, 2024)

Q&A with the author of SAN FRANCISCO REDS

american history labor history Q&A radical studies

Robert W. Cherny, the author of San Francisco Reds: Communists in the Bay Area, 1919-1958, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?   […]

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May 17, 2024 (April 16, 2024)

Q&A with the author of BLACK CYCLISTS

African American Studies american history Q&A sports

Robert J. Turpin, the author of Black Cyclists: The Race for Inclusion, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book?    After learning about […]

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May 10, 2024 (April 16, 2024)

Q&A with the author of TO ADVANCE THE RACE

African American Studies american history education gender studies Q&A women's history

Linda M. Perkins, the author of To Advance the Race: Black Women’s Higher Education from the Antebellum Era to the 1960s, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did […]

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May 3, 2024 (April 16, 2024)

Q&A with the author of COUNTERFEITING LABOR’S VOICE

american history biography labor history Q&A

Mark A. Lause, the author of Counterfeiting Labor’s Voice: William A. A. Carsey and the Shaping of American Reform Politics, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you […]

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April 19, 2024 (April 16, 2024)

Q&A with a co-editor of REPARATIONS AND REPARATORY JUSTICE

African American Studies american history law Q&A

Mary Frances Berry, co-editor with Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua and V. P. Franklin of Reparations and Reparatory Justice: Past, Present, and Future, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did […]

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