Language is a fundamental tool for shaping identity and community, including the expression (or repression) of sexual desire. This book... Læs mere
This grand study surveys the emergence of Chicago from the swamps of southern Lake Michigan to the expulsion of the last Indian settlements. Pioneering historian... Læs mere
Constitutes a primary source that contributes to scholarship on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and nineteenth-century theater history. The... Læs mere
Documents the mixture of amazement and alarm with which European visitors greeted 1890s Chicago: as a... Læs mere
Creates a picture of the Illinois country as a single ethnic, economic, and cultural entity. Focusing on the French Creole... Læs mere
The true story of a fascinating pair of entrepenuerial brothers who built a huge trade empire along the Mississippi River, adapting themselves chameleon-like to any situation and turning every obstacle into an advantage.