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Lincoln the Inventor
In April 1831, on a flatboat grounded on the Rutledge milldam below the town of New Salem, Abraham Lincoln worked to pry the boat loose, directed the crew, and ran into the village …
American Scenic Design and Freelance Professionalism
An inclusive history of the professionalization of American scenic design The figure of the American theatrical scenic designer first emerged in the early twentieth century. As …
Mary Lincoln Demystified
Answering the most enigmatic questions about Mary Lincoln’s life After portraying Mary Todd Lincoln in hundreds of performances and giving lectures over a more than thirty-year …
America's Hardscrabble General
How Grant’s humble beginnings shaped his unique military genius Renowned for his military skill, courage, and indomitability during the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant is considered …
Lincoln and Race
Named on the 2013 list of University Press Books for Public and Secondary Schools Abraham Lincoln is known as the Great Emancipator, yet his personal views on race have long been …
Policy Regimes
Engaging education policy from kindergarten to college Author Tyler S. Branson argues that education reform initiatives in the twentieth century can be understood in terms of …
Teaching through the Archives
Disruptive pedagogies for archival research In a cultural moment when institutional repositories carry valuable secrets to the present and past, this collection argues for the …
From Slave to State Legislator
As the first African American elected to the Illinois general assembly, John W. E. Thomas was the recognized leader of the state’s African American community for nearly twenty …
Avenues of Transformation
A territory split by slavery, a state forged for unionAvenues of Transformation traces the surprising path, marked by shame, ambition, and will that led to Illinois’s admission to …
Shaping Information
From charts, texts, and graphs to illustrations, icons, and screens, we live in an information age saturated with visual language. Yet the underlying principles that provide …
Latinos in Chicago
The Path to Political Power for Latinos in Chicago In the Midwest’s largest city, Latinos have been fighting for political representation for more than half a century. In this …