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 […]
ASA 2023 Virtual Exhibit
Category: american history
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 […]
Q&A with Mark Walczynski, author of JOLLIET AND MARQUETTE
Mark Walczynski, author of Jolliet and Marquette: A New History of the 1673 Expedition, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I […]
Q&A with Mark Erlich, author of THE WAY WE BUILD
Mark Erlich, author of The Way We Build: Restoring Dignity to Construction Work, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I planned […]