Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2025 Appalachian Studies Association conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the promo […]
Every day, university presses worldwide step up to educate and enlighten, motivate and inspire, support and act. During University Press Week 2024, we explore the myriad ways our community’s publications […]
“A lot of what we’re doing is saying, ‘No, it is not monolithic.’ Appalachia is a thirteen-state region that is diverse in every way that a region can be diverse […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2024 Appalachian Studies Association conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the promo […]
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 […]
July’s free e-book is here! Check out A History of the Ozarks, Volume 1: The Old Ozarks by Brooks Blevins before the month is over! Geologic forces raised the Ozarks. […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2023 Appalachian Studies Association conference! Explore our extensive collection of books, journals, blog posts, and more. Use the promo […]
March’s free e-book is here! Check out Unlikely Angel: The Songs of Dolly Parton by Lydia R. Hamessley before the month is over! Dolly Parton’s success as a performer and […]
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 […]
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– […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press’s virtual exhibit for the 2021 Appalachian Studies Association conference! We hope you’ll step inside our virtual booth and browse new books, journal articles, […]
Kick off the new year with January’s free ebook! We’re giving away To Live Here, You Have To Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements For Social Justice by Jessica Wilkerson! […]