Brian M. Ingrassia, author of Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with Brian M. Ingrassia, author of SPEED CAPITAL
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Q&A with Siobhan Moroney, author of CHICAGOLAND DREAM HOUSES
Siobhan Moroney, author of Chicagoland Dream Houses: How a Mid-Century Architecture Competition Reimagined the American Home, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Q&A with Robert Bruno, author of WHAT WORK IS
Robert Bruno, author of What Work Is, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I discovered the poetry of Phillip Levine. His […]
Q&A with Patrick Wohl, author of DOWN BALLOT
Patrick Wohl, author of Down Ballot: How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Free E-book Giveaway: THE LIFE OF MADIE HALL XUMA
February’s free e-book is here! Check out The Life of Madie Hall Xuma: Black Women’s Global Activism during Jim Crow and Apartheid by Wanda A. Hendricks before the month is […]
Q&A with Hal Higdon, author of LEOPOLD & LOEB: THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY
Hal Higdon, author of Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century, Centenary Edition, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I […]
AHA 2024 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 American Historical Association annual conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the […]
Free E-book Giveaway: DRESSED FOR FREEDOM
January’s free e-book is here! Check out Dressed for Freedom: The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox before the month is over! Often condemned as a form of […]
Q&A with Jennifer Sdunzik, author of THE GEOGRAPHY OF HATE
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 […]
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 […]