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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 much of the Midwest as a …

lieferbar ab 29.4.2025.

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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, local …

lieferbar ab 13.6.2025.

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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, local …

lieferbar ab 13.6.2025.

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Ashley Howard
Midwest Unrest

"In the nation's so-called heartland, racism is sometimes subtler than in other parts of the country but just as insidious. When Black communities across America went up in flames in the 1960s, Midwest ci…

lieferbar ab 17.6.2025.

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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 years later. The f…

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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 commitment. T…

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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 …

lieferbar ab 6.5.2025.

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Robert Bowling
Hoosier Vigilantes

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

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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 Chicago-bas…

lieferbar ab 24.6.2025.

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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 rebuild…

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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 2025 This 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 …

lieferbar ab 11.4.2025.

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Rebecca Jo Kinney
Mapping Asiatown Cleveland

Forthcoming Spring 2025 This 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 …

lieferbar ab 11.4.2025.

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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 perspective of W…

lieferbar ab 8.4.2025.

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Susan Blumberg-Kason
When Friends Come from Afar

"Born in Hong Kong, Bernie Wong moved to the United States in the early 1960s to attend college. A decade later, she cofounded the Chinese American Service League (CASL) to help meet the needs of the city…

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Melissa Mouritsen, Kent D Redfield, James D Nowlan
Illinois Politics

Shifting demographics. Downstate versus Chicago. Billionaires and bribery. Even veteran observers need a roadmap to track Illinois’ ever-changing political landscape. Melissa Mouritsen, Kent D. Redfield, …

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Wayne T Pitard
Watchman, Tell Us

"This first biography of the extraordinary John J. Bird (1844-1912) tells the long-forgotten story of one of the most significant Black politicians in Illinois during the post-Civil War Era"--

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Chicago Latina Trailblazers

"Mexican American and Puerto Rican American women have long taken up the challenge to improve the lives of Chicagoans in the city's Latino/a/x communities. Rita D. Hernâandez, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, and…

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Stephanie Ternullo
How the Heartland Went Red

Offering a comparative study of three White blue-collar Midwestern cities in the run-up to the 2020 election, Ternullo shows the ways that local contexts have sped up or slowed down White voters' shift to…

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