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The Liberal Heartland

"Over the last two decades, the political narrative of the "liberal coasts" and the "conservative heartland" has become something of a truism, leading many Democrats to write off …

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Between Loving and Leaving reveals the depth and breadth of this revived field, showcasing its variety and reach, cultivating new approaches, and opening the way to the extraordinary range of topics embra…

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Mary I Unger
Reading the Renaissance

"From 1932 to 1953, during the Black Chicago Renaissance, numerous literary events were held within and for the city's Black community. In book clubs, public forums, print reviews, little magazines, …

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Mary I Unger
Reading the Renaissance

"From 1932 to 1953, during the Black Chicago Renaissance, numerous literary events were held within and for the city's Black community. In book clubs, public forums, print reviews, little magazines, …

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Michelle Adams
The Containment

A New York Times Best Book of the Year"Passionate and well researched." -Louis Menand, The New Yorker The epic story of Detroit's struggle to integrate schools in its suburbs-and the defeat of d…

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Lingering Inland

Vignettes by writers engaging with prominent and obscure Midwestern locales How do the stories we tell about Midwestern places influence or reflect our experiences? How is the literature of a place or a r…

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Ashley Howard
Midwest Unrest

Explores those rebellions in US cities during the 1960s, paying particular attention to the ways that region, race, class, and gender all played critical and often overlapping roles in shaping Black peopl…

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Don Zminda
Justice Batted Last

"On May 1, 1951, Orestes "Minnie" Minoso took the field for the Chicago White Sox and broke the color line for Chicago major league baseball. Ernie Banks integrated the Chicago Cubs two yea…

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Bruce White
They Would Not Be Moved

"An 1855 treaty set aside thousands of acres to be the permanent home of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, but in order for members to hold this land it required resolute actions and unwavering commitme…

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Samantha Ege
South Side Impresarios

"Between the world wars, Chicago Race women nurtured a local yet widely resonant Black classical music community entwined with Black civic life. Samantha Ege tells the stories of the Black women whos…

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Robert Bowling
Hoosier Vigilantes

The story of the intersection between vigilantism and law enforcementIn frontier Indiana, vigilantism was a grim necessity. Beginning with the vigilance committees of the 1860s that lynched the Reno Gang …

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Ka F Wong
Enmity and Empathy

The experiences of Japanese Americans and their allies fighting discrimination in wartime Minnesota demonstrate how diverse groups stood together amidst the turmoil--a legacy relevant in today's divisive …

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Michelle Adams
The Containment

"A history of post-Brown school desegregation in Detroit, with a focus on Milliken v. Bradley"--

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Ileana Nachescu
The National Alliance of Black Feminists

"Founded in 1975, the non-partisan National Alliance of Black Feminists (NABF) played a critical role in the Black women's liberation movement and the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment. The Chicag…

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Ross Benes
Rural Rebellion

After Ross Benes left Nebraska for New York, he witnessed his polite home state become synonymous with "Trump country." Long dismissed as "flyover" land, the area where he was born and…

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Forrest Claypool
The Daley Show

"Elected to govern a city roiled by racial and economic crises, Richard M. Daley adroitly wielded the tools of power in the rough-and-tumble world of Chicago politics. His achievements ranged from re…

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Nebraska Government and Politics

Nebraska Government and Politics offers an in-depth examination of the connection between governmental institutions and the enduring political culture, traditions, and heritage of Nebraska.

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Rebecca Jo Kinney
Mapping Asiatown Cleveland

Forthcoming Spring 2025This book examines the tensions that emerged between Asian American racial identity formation and the establishment of organized urban community in Cleveland. Moving from 1943 to th…

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Rebecca Jo Kinney
Mapping AsiaTown Cleveland

Forthcoming Spring 2025This book examines the tensions that emerged between Asian American racial identity formation and the establishment of organized urban community in Cleveland. Moving from 1943 to th…

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William Walter Scott III, William Walter Scott
Hurt, Baby, Hurt

The 1967 Detroit Rebellion was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "Long hot summer of 1967." Hurt, Baby, Hurt takes a personal look at the Rebellion from the perspe…

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