Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On November 20, 2011, NBC’s Nightly News interviewed Ronald A. Smith, professor emeritus of sports history at Penn […]
Ronald Smith on Penn State and college presidents in The Washington Post online
Ronald A. Smith, author of the recent book Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform, and professor emeritus of sports history at Penn State University, contributed a […]
The Jew & the Carrot reviews From the Jewish Heartland
The Jew & the Carrot, a food blog administered by Forward, reviewed Ellen Steinberg and Jack Prost’s recent book From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways. “Even if […]
Q&A with Larry and Alaina Kanfer, authors of Illini Loyalty
Earlier this year we published Illini Loyalty: The University of Illinois, a beautiful collection of photographs by UIUC alumnus Larry Kanfer, with accompanying text by Alaina Kanfer. Larry and Alaina discuss the process of assembling the […]
Zimmerman, Zinn, Zingg, and Zuberi
Leslie, Heather, and Lisa study the “Z” contract files as they finish up our 5-week, 1,000+ e-book backlist clearance project. […]
UIP author on the scandal at Penn State
Ronald A. Smith, author of the recent book Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform and professor emeritus of sports history at Penn State University, supplied the […]
“Spirit of Rebellion” wins Missouri History Book Award
Dr. Jarod Roll received the 2011 Missouri History Book Award at a ceremony in Columbia’s Tiger Hotel on November 5. Roll won the award for his book, Spirit of Rebellion: […]
Q&A with Matt Carlson, author of On the Condition of Anonymity
On May 2, 2011, we published Matt Carlson’s On the Condition of Anonymity: Unnamed Sources and the Battle for Journalism, which illustrates how unattributed information can be both an effective tool in uncovering necessary information about vital […]
Art in America reviews “Races of Mankind”
The November 2011 issue of Art In America magazine features a four-page review, with multiple illustrations, of Marianne Kinkel’s new book Races of Mankind: The Sculptures of Malvina Hoffman. The book traces […]
Q&A with Sean Burns, author of Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero
On November 7, 2011, we will publish Sean Burns’s Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero, which celebrates one of the most revered folklorists and labor historians of the twentieth century. […]
New Partnership with the Illinois State Historical Society
We’re very pleased to announce a new partnership with the Illinois State Historical Society. Beginning in 2012, UIP will publish the distinguished Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society as […]
Spirits of Just Men on location
A Reading from Spirits of Just Men by Charles Thompson from Charles D. Thompson on Vimeo. See how you can help fund, via a Kickstarter campaign, the documentary film project […]