Books published by University of Illinois Press

A controversial period in American history as revealed through one man's personal and political experiences

Investigates clergy misconduct as it has unfolded across five faith-based groups. Looking at episodes of abuse in the Roman Catholic, Mormon, African American Protestant, white Evangelical Protestant, and First Nations communities, this work tackles hard questions about the sexual abuse of women and children.

Heidegger's politically motivated use of poetry and its relation to currents of modern thought

A concise retelling of the Sephardic Jews' grim story

Promoting birth control as reform rather than revolution

A wild firsthand account of expatriate life in France during the close of the Twenties

A black cow leads the members of a South Indian hill tribe and indicates where to found each village. This book explores how the Kotas "anchor" their activities around places and moments in time and, in the process, constitute themselves as individuals and as a group. This volume also includes a CD of Richard Wolf's Kota field recordings.

Scripps's daring endeavor to produce a newspaper without advertising

Puzzled by medicine's abject failure to find a cure for the plague, the author developed a theory of human nature as the foundation for her modern holistic philosophy of medicine. She posited a dualism that accounted for mind/body interaction. She argues that the brain controls the body.

Presents the story of how one of the historically conservative private institutions of black higher education came to play an important part in the struggle for full racial equality. This work traces Hampton Institute's progressive impact to its first black and alumnus president who used his office to launch an attack against segregation.

A study of James P Cannon's early years (1890-1928) that details how the life of a Wobbly hobo agitator gave way to leadership in the emerging communist underground of the 1919 era.

Presents a collection of letters and documents that offers a glimpse into a young officer's interesting but short life. This book features the relationships between the headstrong John Rodgers Meigs and his family and friends; his eagerness to please his demanding parents; his West Point experiences; and his life as a combatant in the Civil War.

Help you in understanding writing as a race against time. Marcel Proust's multi-volume masterpiece, "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu", began to appear in 1913. This work presents a history of the publishing and reception of "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu", and sorts out the issues that have arisen from the debates about the text.

H G Wells (1866-1946) was a literary lion throughout his career, publishing more than one hundred books, including classics such as "War of the Worlds", "The Invisible Man", and "The Time Machine". This title provides glimpses into Wells' moments of his personal and professional conflict and triumph.

New issues at the heart of Bach studies

Examines how the ethical tension between the clashing Mosaic and Davidic paradigms of the desert reverberates in secular Jewish literature and produces literary rewards. This book argues that the ancient encounter with the desert acquires an urgency in response to the crisis brought about by national identities and territorial conflicts.

Focuses on the AFL's struggle to serve the nation and the labour movement during the critical period when American neutrality gave way to war. Beginning with Gompers' last minute effort to persuade German workers to avoid war with the United States, this book follows the labour movement's internal debate over the meaning of American participation.

Using Italian and American sources, this book reveals that women in Italy had economic responsibilities that often included work experiences outside of the home, including jobs as midwives and businesswomen. This book demonstrates the regional variation of Italian women's work as well as the skills they transplanted to America.

During the early twentieth century, individuals and organizations from across the political spectrum launched a sustained effort to eradicate forced prostitution, commonly known as "white slavery." This book offers a study to focus on how these anti-vice campaigns also resulted in the creation of a racial hierarchy in the United States.

Examines prominent street sanitation issues in Progressive Era New York City - ranging from garbage strikes to juvenile cleaning leagues - as a way of exploring how middle-class reformers amassed a base of middle-class support for social reform measures to a degree greater than in practically any other period of prosperity in US history.

Women workers and the revolutionary origins of the modern welfare state

Investigates the importance of local economies and values in the origins of the welfare state through an exploration of widows' lives in three industrial American cities with widely differing economic, ethnic, and racial bases. This book presents a study of widows' welfare and family economy.

The illustrious life and works of the famous New Yorker editor

Although the international press chronicled the dismantling of South Africa's apartheid policies, it paid little attention to the role women from a variety of political parties. This book tells the story of liberation, showing how these women achieved electoral success, learned to work with lifelong enemies, and began to transform Parliament.

Triple Award Winner: 2006 History Division Book Award of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2006 Frank Luther Mott/Kappa Tau Alpha Communications Award, and 2005 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research

Drawing on more than a thousand letters written before and after their wedding, this book traces the changing relationship between Alice and George Herbert Palmer, offering a multifaceted study of their decision to marry, the dynamics of their relationship, and their understanding of marriage.

The first biography of one of America's most brilliant civil engineers