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June 28, 2022 (February 20, 2022)

Q&A With Patrick Moser, Author of Surf and Rescue

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Patrick Moser, author of Surf and Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture, answers questions on his other book influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. […]

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May 10, 2022 (February 20, 2022)

Q&A with Cynthia Clampitt, Author of Destination Heartland

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Cynthia Clampitt, author of Destination Heartland: A Guide to Discovering the Midwest’s Remarkable Past, answers questions on her historical influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: Why did […]

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April 27, 2022 (February 20, 2022)

Q&A with Dick Simpson, Author of Democracy’s Rebirth

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Dick Simpson, author of Democracy’s Rebirth: The View from Chicago, answers questions on his activist influences, political discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you decide to […]

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April 26, 2022 (April 26, 2022)

Q&A with Megan Birk, Author of The Fundamental Institution

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Megan Birk, author of The Fundamental Institution: Poverty, Social Welfare, and Agriculture in American Poor Farms, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: […]

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April 12, 2022 (March 28, 2022)

Q&A with Elena Tajima Creef, Author of Shadow Traces

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Elena Tajima Creef, author of Shadow Traces: Seeing Japanese/American and Ainu Women in Photographic Archives, answers questions on her influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her book. Q: Why did […]

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March 16, 2022 (March 15, 2022)

Celebrating 35 Years of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History Series

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The inaugural year of the Women in American History series saw two books published: Women Doctors in the Gilded-Age Washington: Race Gender, and Professionalism by Gloria Moldow and Friends and […]

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March 11, 2022 (March 10, 2022)

SAM 2022 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2022 Society for American Music annual meeting. Browse below our featured books and journals, plus interviews and specially curated […]

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January 6, 2022 (January 10, 2022)

AHA 2022 Virtual Exhibit

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Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2022 American Historical Association annual meeting. Please step inside our virtual booth and browse new books, journals, author interviews, […]

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January 6, 2022 (January 7, 2022)

Q&A With Jason Resnikoff, Author of Labor’s End

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Jason Resnikoff, author of Labor’s End: How the Promise of Automation Degraded Work, answers questions on his scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you […]

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December 16, 2021 (December 16, 2021)

Q&A With Brooks Blevins, Author of History of The Ozarks, Vol.3

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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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December 1, 2021 (October 19, 2021)

Q&A With Matthew C. Ehrlich, Author of Dangerous Ideas on Campus

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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 […]

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November 19, 2021 (November 5, 2021)

Q&A With Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, Author of Dressed for Freedom

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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 […]

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