Brooks Blevins, author of A History of the Ozarks, Volume 3: The Ozarkers, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways in his book. Q: Why did you […]
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Q&A With Matthew C. Ehrlich, Author of Dangerous Ideas on Campus
Matthew C. Ehrlich, author of Dangerous Ideas on Campus: Sex, Conspiracy, and Academic Freedom in the Age of JFK, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from […]
Q&A With Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Author of Dressed for Freedom
Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, author of Dressed for Freedom: The Fashionable Politics of American Feminism, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: Why did you […]
AMS 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2021 American Musicological Society annual meeting. Explore our new books, journals, author interviews, and more. When you buy 3 […]
ASA 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press American Studies Association 2021 virtual exhibit! Step inside and take a look at some of our featured journals and books as well as […]
Filipino American History Month Reading List
Filipino American History Month recognizes the culture and migration of Filipinos, through stories of religious, musical, and educational influences, and the working class, as they travel to the United States. […]
ASALH 2021 Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press Association for the Study of African American Life and History 2021 virtual exhibit! Step inside and take a look at some of our […]
LAWCHA Virtual Exhibit
Welcome to the 2021 virtual exhibit for the Labor and Working-Class History Association! Enjoy our extensive representation of labor history in our books, blog posts, and more. From May 20– […]
Q&A with Cara A. Finnegan, Author of Photographic Presidents
Cara A. Finnegan, author of Photographic Presidents: Making History from Daguerreotype to Digital, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways in her book. Q: Why did you […]
Q&A with Jason Stacy, Author of Spoon River America
Jason Stacy, author of Spoon River America: Edgar Lee Masters and the Myth of the American Small Town, answers questions about his inspirations and discoveries while writing his book. Q: […]
Free Ebook Giveaway: Muncie India(na)
May’s free ebook is here! We’re giving away Muncie India(na): Middletown and Asian America by Himanee Gupta-Carlson! Muncie, Indiana, remains the epitome of an American town. Yet scholars built the […]
Q&A with Candace Bailey, Author of Unbinding Gentility
Candace Bailey, author of Unbinding Gentility: Women Making Music in the Nineteenth-Century South, recently answered some questions about the inspirations behind and discoveries she made while writing her new book. […]