As a farewell to the farmers’ market season here in the Midwest, we are having a sale on Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland by Janine MacLachlan. Get the book for […]
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The Haymarket Conspiracy author interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition
Timothy Messer-Kruse, author of the new University of Illinois Press book The Haymarket Conspiracy: Transatlantic Anarchist Networks, was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition about his struggle to change the Wikipedia […]
Author Stephen K. Ashby Talks about the Chicago Teachers’ Strike
Stephen K. Ashby, co-author of Staley: The Fight for a New American Labor Movement, has spoken out strongly over the past several weeks about the Chicago Public Schools teachers’ strike. […]
Framing Insanity
We have a selection of new titles that examine the different ways the U.S. legal system has defined insanity, especially in relation to gender. All of these books look at […]
The Chicago Tribune profiles The Black Chicago Renaissance
The August 27, 2012, issue of the Chicago Tribune includes a profile of the new University of Illinois Press collection The Black Chicago Renaissance. Edited by Darlene Clark Hine and John McCluskey Jr., […]
Book trailer for Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland
On June 4, 2012, we published Janine MacLachlan’s book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland. View the book trailer to learn more about Janine’s celebration of “change-the-world people.” […]
Janine MacLachlan on Wisconsin Public Radio
Listen to Janine MacLachlan discuss her new book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland on the June 22, 2012, edition of Wisconsin Public Radio’s Joy Cardin program. The book celebrates the […]
PBS in Chicago explores Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland
On May 30, 2012, WTTW’s Chicago Tonight program interviewed Janine MacLachlan, author of the new book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland. […]
Banjos and Bluegrass
The 46th Annual Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival, “The oldest, continuous running bluegrass festival in the world,” is less than a month away. We have a robust selection of […]
Farmers’ Markets are in season
The official publication date of Janine MacLachlan’s new book Farmers’ Markets of the Heartland is still weeks away (June 4), but copies have arrived at the warehouse and are being […]
More ISHS award winners
In addition to the award for Gillum Ferguson’s new book Illinois in the War of 1812, the Illinois State Historical Society recognized two University of Illinois Press books at the […]
Illinois in the War of 1812 wins Russell P. Strange Award
Gillum Ferguson’s book, Illinois in the War of 1812 (University of Illinois Press), is the 2012 recipient of the Illinois State Historical Society’s Russell P. Strange “Book of the Year” award. […]