Illinois

Most people will recognize the name Robert Blagojevich as the brother of ill-fated Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. But many don't know why Robert came to work for his brother or …

Chicago's fine arts have long languished in the shadow of the city's architectural riches, but their time has finally come, most prominently as the focus of the final major …

The first major history of Chicago ever written, A History of Chicago covers the city’s great history over two centuries, from 1673 to 1893. Originally conceived as a centennial …

The fifth in Beth Kery's spectacular eight-part serial novel for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, the Crossfire series and Because You Are Mine, of a man and woman inextricably bound …

Winner of the Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award from the Illinois State Historical Society Baseball's spread across Illinois paralleled the sport's explosive growth in …

Racial politics and capitalism found a way to blend together in 1970s Chicago in the form of movie theaters targeted specifically toward African Americans. In From Sweetback to …

A family secret. A new romance. And a summer she will never forget.When Caroline left Lake Summers thirty years ago, she thought she’d never return to the place where she lost her …

In Search of Belonging explores the ways Latina/o audiences in general, and women in particular, make sense of and engage both mainstream and Spanish-language media. Jillian M. …

"e;Chicagoland Dream Houses is an engaging addition to the growing body of scholarship concerning Chicago's twentieth-century residential landscape characterized by a diverse …

Every morning Chicagoans wake up to stark headlines that read like some macabre score: "13 shot, 4 dead overnight across the city," and nearly every morning the same elision …