As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society presents a special issue on the […]
July’s free e-book is here! Check out Democracy’s Rebirth: The View from Chicago by Dick Simpson before the month is over! Dick Simpson draws upon his fifty-year career as a […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2026 Midwestern History Association conference! Use the promo code MIDWEST for 50% off all Midwest books when ordering from our website, April 30 – […]
Christopher Sweet, author of A History of Bicycling in Illinois: 160 Years of Booms and Busts, answers questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I’ve worked […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2025 Conference on Illinois History! Use the promo code CILH25 for 50% off all of our regional studies titles when ordering from our website, October 2-10, 2025. […]
August’s free e-book is here! Check out Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance: New Negro Writers, Artists, and Intellectuals, 1893-1930 edited by Richard A. Courage and Christopher Robert Reed before […]
Raymond J. McKoski, author of David Davis, Abraham Lincoln’s Favorite Judge, answers questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Returning to our home […]
Louis P. Cain, author of Chicago before the Fire: An Economic History, answers questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I have researched […]
Nora Wendl, author of Almost Nothing: Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth, answers questions about her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I decided to write this book […]
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press virtual exhibit for the 2025 Midwestern History Association conference! Use the promo code MIDWEST25 for 50% off all Midwest books when ordering from our website, May 15-23, 2025. […]
Illinois Classical Studies has recently welcomed new editor Brian Walters, who is now inviting submissions to the journal. You can also see below for a selected list of temporarily free […]
Connie Goddard, author of Learning for Work: How Industrial Education Fostered Democratic Opportunity, answers questions on her new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? The book […]