Archbishop Desmond Tutu has released his first major statement on animal welfare in the UIP book The Global Guide to Animal Protection. In the Foreword of the Guide Tutu writes: […]
Q&A with Making the March King author Patrick Warfield
Patrick Warfield is an associate professor of music at the University of Maryland and the editor of John Philip Sousa: Six Marches. He recently answered our questions about his new […]
Happy Holidays from the UIP
Hope your celebrations are as joyful as ours… […]
Drink Savvy, New Feminist Technology by Linda Layne
David Banks, a Ph.D. student in Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer who took my course on gender, science, and technology a number of years ago, keeps his eyes peeled […]
Rachel in the World – $2.99 eBook sale
To celebrate the holiday season we have lowered the eBook list price of Rachel in the World to $2.99 (through January 15). Author Jane Bernstein thought that learning to accept […]
Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary – $2.99 eBook sale
Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary By Stephen Calt To celebrate the holiday season we have lowered the eBook list price of Barrelhouse Words: A Blues Dialect Dictionary to $2.99 (through […]
Honey, I’m Homemade – $2.99 eBook sale
Honey, I’m Homemade: Sweet Treats from the Beehive across the Centuries and around the World edited by May Berenbaum To celebrate the holiday season we have lowered the eBook list […]
Happy birthday, Barry Byrne
Influential architect Francis Barry Byrne was born on December 19, 1883. Born and raised in Chicago, Byrne worked with Frank Lloyd Wright as a member of the group of architects known […]
The Organs of J. S. Bach – $2.99 eBook sale
The Organs of J. S. Bach: A Handbook by Christoph Wolff and Markus Zepf To celebrate the holiday season we have lowered the eBook list price of The Organs of […]
Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women – $2.99 eBook sale
Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women by Thomas H. Pauly To celebrate the holiday season we have lowered the eBook list price of Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, […]
The University of Illinois Press Best of 2013
Every December since 2007 we have posted a list of our favorite pop culture nuggets of the year. The University of Illinois Press Best of 2013 edition is in alphabetical order […]
Happy birthday to Chicago’s Grand Avenue bridge
On December 13 Chicago’s Grand Avenue Bridge turned 100 years old. The bridge opened on in 1913 on what was once called Indiana Avenue—which makes sense as it is just […]