Midwest American History – alle Bücher

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 …

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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 …

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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 cit…

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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…

lieferbar ab 11.3.2025.

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Scott Kurashige
Exiled to Motown

During World War II, Detroit emerged as a relative space of freedom for Nisei permitted by the War Relocation Authority to leave sites of incarceration but banned from returning to their homes in the excl…

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Michelle Adams
The Containment

The epic story of Detroit's struggle to integrate schools in its suburbs-and the defeat of desegregation in the North. In 1974, the Supreme Court issued a momentous decision: In the case of Milliken v. B…

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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 …

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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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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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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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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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Jason P Chambers
Advertising Revolutionary

"Over a forty-year career, Chicagoan Tom Burrell changed the face of advertising and revolutionized the industry's approach to African Americans as human beings and consumers. Jason P. Chambers offers a b…

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Ray Long
The House That Madigan Built

Michael Madigan rose from the Chicago machine to hold unprecedented power as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. In his thirty-six years wielding the gavel, Madigan outlasted governors, pass…

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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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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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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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Dennis Raphael Garcia
Las Madres

"Las Madres is an incredible story of generational resilience and transformation with family and community at its heart. Dennis Raphael Garcia deftly writes the tale of three generations of women in his f…

lieferbar ab 29.11.2024.

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