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Diaspora and Class Consciousness
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 133.00This book is an ethnographic study of the multi-linear process of racial knowledge formation among a relatively invisible population in the Chinese American community in Chicago, namely the working class. Shanshan Lan defines "Chinese immigrant workers" as Chinese immigrants with limited English language skills who work primarily at low-skill, blue-collar... more...
The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County, Illinois
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 45.00This book is about previously unidentified people who became Abolitionists involved in the antislavery movement from about 1840 to 1860. Although arrests were made in nearby counties, not one person was prosecuted for aiding a fugitive slave in DeKalb County, Illinois. First, the area Congregationalist, Universalist, Presbyterian and Wesleyan Methodist... more...
First Son
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 18.00"Mayor Richard M. Daley dropped the bomb at a routine news conference at City Hall on Tuesday. With no prelude or fanfare, Mr. Daley announced that he would not seek re-election when his term expires next year. 'Simply put, it's time,' he said." New York Times, September 7, 2010 With those four words, an era ended. After twenty-two... more...
Great American City
University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 20.00For over fifty years numerous public intellectuals and social theorists have insisted that community is dead. Some would have us believe that we act solely as individuals choosing our own fates regardless of our surroundings, while other theories place us at the mercy of global forces beyond our control. These two perspectives dominate contemporary... more...
Popular Culture and the Enduring Myth of Chicago, 1871-1968
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 39.95This book is an examination of the image of Chicago in American popular culture between the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and Chicago's 1968 Democratic National Convention. more...
Jim Crow Nostalgia
University of Minnesota Press 2008; US$ 57.00In the Jim Crow era of the early twentieth century, Chicagos Bronzeville neighborhood on the citys South Side was a major center of African American cultural vitality and a destination for thousands of Southern blacks seeking new opportunities in the North during the Great Migration. After decades of decline, the 1980s saw several community... more...
Full Throttle
Wiley 2009; US$ 22.95Do you want to be charged up every day? Do you want to be focused for every meeting? Do you want greater health, balance and happiness? Facing a continual barrage of tasks coupled with a tough economy, many people feel completely drained by day’s end. To stay ahead of the game, you need to capitalize on your energy, to go full throttle when needed. Based... more...
Cultures In Conflict
Utah State University Press 1995; US$ 25.00Cultures in Conflict offers students of history an invaluable source of documents regarding the history of the Mormon presence in Illinois. Few local histories are so academically sound. ?Illinois Times Hallwas and Launius have compiled and written the most balanced and thorough account yet of the events and circumstances that led to the forced Mormon... more...
Latino Crossings
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 39.95Despite being combined in census data, there are divisions between Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in the United States. This book examines how constructions of Latino self and otherness interact with America's white/black racial consciousness. more...
Power, Community, and Racial Killing in East St. Louis
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 100.00An exploration of the brutal East St. Louis race riot of 1917, and the city and community that gave rise to it. more...









