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Knowing Him by Heart
An unprecedented collection of African American writings on Lincoln Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his …
Immigrant Identity and the Politics of Citizenship
The next volume in the Common Threads book series, Immigrant Identity and the Politics of Citizenship assembles fourteen articles from the Journal of American Ethnic History . The …
Roots of the Black Chicago Renaissance
The Black Chicago Renaissance emerged from a foundational stage that stretched from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the start of the Great Depression. During this time, …
The Possibility Machine
Singular and star-studded writings on America’s neon-lit playground At once a Technicolor wonderland and the embodiment of American mythology, Las Vegas exists at the Ground Zero …
The Historian's Lincoln
Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln Award of the Civil War Round Table of New York, 1989 "For Lincoln specialists, The Historian's Lincoln deepens and sharpens familiar arguments. …
The University of Illinois
The founding of the university in 1867 created a unique community in what had been a prairie. Within a few years, this creative mix of teachers and scholars produced innovations in …
Print Culture in a Diverse America
In the modern era, there arose a prolific and vibrant print culture—books, newspapers, and magazines issued by and for diverse, often marginalized, groups. This long-overdue …
Emotional Landscapes
Love and its attendant emotions not only spur migration—they forge our response to the people who leave their homes in search of new lives. Emotional Landscapes looks at the power …
Foot Soldiers for Democracy
Drawn from the rich archives of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, this collection brings together twenty-nine oral histories from people of varying ages and occupations who …
The Business of Professional Sports
Beyond the highly publicized heroics and foibles of players and teams, when the grandstands are empty and the scoreboards dark, there is a world of sport about which little is …
Leadership and Organizational Culture
This volume addresses one of the most important concerns of contemporary administrative theory and practice -- the culture and quality of administrative leadership and its crucial …