Books published by University of Illinois Press

Provides an examination of the sacred spaces of ancient Rome, finding them remarkably consistent with older Indo-European religious practices as described in the Vedas of ancient India. This book focuses on issues including the presence of the god Terminus in Jupiter's Capitoline temple, the nature of the Roman suovetaurilia, and more.

Believing deeply that the gospel touched every aspect of a person's life, Peter Cartwright was a man who held fast to his principles, resulting in a life of itinerant preaching and thirty years of political quarrels with Abraham Lincoln. This is a biography of Peter Cartwright.

Exposes the vested interests behind the US slide toward conflating corporate values with democratic values. Through an examination of professionalization in both the press and the law and free speech as property, this book demonstrates that present democracy is about trying to control and manage citizens than giving them freedom to participate.

From the early 1870s through the 1880s, language, consciousness, and the body stood as cornerstones of the philosophical project that culminated in Nietzsche's anthropology of knowledge. This title argues that they were shaped by his interest in the theory of knowledge, philological scholarship, and contemporary life sciences.

Talks about the Mormon progress on the developing role of Blacks.

A study of the representation of gayness in French modernist fiction during the 1920s and 1930s.

"Theodore Dreiser: Interviews".

Documents the Lakota resistance to attempts at applying Public Law 83-280. This book follows their struggle through the 1950s when, against all odds, their resistance succeeded in the amendment of PL 83-280 to include Native consent as a prerequisite to state jurisdiction. The various House and Senate bills discussed are produced in appendices.

A collection of stories of black women who were not slaves during the era of slavery.

Reveals how newspapers, radio stations and television programs became strategic sites of Native resistance to the economic and cultural agendas of non-Native settlers. This work demonstrates that freedom for indigenous peoples is not only premised on control over their political economy, but also on their capacity to tell their own stories.

Jean Paulhan had supervised the literary arm of the French Resistance during the war and helped to found the National Committee of Writers, saw the dangers of its blacklist from the very outset: he denounced it in public, quit the Committee in protest, and then put his reputation on the line. This title gives his portrait.

History of Owen Lovejoy's religious and political participation in the antislavery movment from 1838 to 1864.

Like rock n' roll, bluegrass exploded out of a post-World War II atmosphere in which more Americans opened their ears to more different kinds of music than ever before. This title capture the story of this dynamic and beloved music.

A collection of poems which includes an account of the poet's life, along with photos and explanatory notes.

Before publishing Dreiser's European travel book in 1913, the Century Company editors had heavily excised autobiographical reminiscences, philosophical speculations, revealing portraits of prominent figures, Dreiser's relationships with women, and his carefully observed renditions of lower-class urban life.

Investigates whether the unconventional religious beliefs of their colonial ancestors predisposed early Mormon converts to embrace the radical message of Joseph Smith Jr and his new church. This book uncovers the ancestors of early church members throughout what we understand as the radical segment of the Protestant Reformation.

Presents the collected works of Vincent Ferrini, known as the people's poet of the 20th century.

Using South Africa as a case study, this book explores how the politics of masculinity and gender power are at the heart of tensions in nation building. It explores how gender structured the mobilization of Zulu nationalism in South Africa as antiapartheid efforts gained force during the 1980s.

From the first worship services onboard English ships during the sixteenth century to the contentious toughmindedness of early clergymen to debates about sexuality, this book provides a comprehensive survey of the history of the Canadian Anglican Church.

Addresses and reassesses the variety of ways in which animals were used and thought about in Renaissance culture, challenging contemporary as well as historic views of the boundaries and hierarchies humans presume the natural world to contain.

Are fathers being marginalized in the contemporary family? Responding to fears that they are, the self-proclaimed fatherhood responsibility movement (FRM) has worked since the mid-1990s to put fatherhood at the centre of US national politics. This title reveals the internal struggles, and traces the myths that drive this powerful movement.

Presents a comparative examination of NYC and London's dockworkers rank-and-file union members movements to successfully challenged union hierarchy and nation-states. This work examines the dynamics of work and work stoppage, showing how issues of race, organized crime, and union affiliation, shaped waterfront uprisings.

In addition to being the sixth bishop of the Diocese of New York, Henry Codman Potter (1835-1908) was a prominent voice in the Social Gospel movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This book studies Potter's life and work, examining his career in the Episcopal church and the origins and legacy of his progressive social views.

Presenting the history of psychotherapy among the Latter-day Saints, this title describes how modern psychology has affected the 'healing of souls' in the LDS community. It also shows how this community melded its theological doctrines with mainstream psychiatry when secular concepts clashed with fundamental tenets of Mormonism.

Standing in stark contrast to the conservative churchmen of Victorian Britain, the Anglican clergyman Stewart Headlam was a passionately progressive reformer, a champion of the working poor - especially women - a defender of the music hall performers. This title gives his biography.

Explores Toni Morrison's rich body of work, uncovering the interplay between differences - love and hate, masculinity and femininity, black and white, past and present, wealth and poverty - that lie at the heart of these vibrant and complex narratives. This title also examines Morrison's facility with imagery and wordplay.

An English translation of Spanish philosopher Zubiri's "estructura dinmica de la realidad".

Contains the translations of "The Origin of the Moral Sensations" and "Psychological Observations", the two most important works by the German philosopher Paul Re that present Re's moral philosophy, which influenced the ideas of his close friend Friedrich Nietzsche considerably.

The 1936 Olympic Games played a key role in the development of both Hitler's Third Reich and international sporting competition. This volume offers an analysis of Germany's preparations for the Games and the attempts by the Nazi regime to allay the international concerns about Hitler's racist ideals and expansionist ambitions.