Fascinating and foundational topics in state history
A renaissance in Illinois history scholarship has sparked renewed interest in the Prairie State's storied past. Students, meanwhile, continue to pursue coursework in Illinois history to fulfill degree requirements and for their own edification.
This new Common Threads collection offers important articles from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. Organized as an approachable survey of state history, the book offers chapters that cover the colonial era, early statehood, the Civil War years, the Gilded Age and Progressive eras, the period from World War I through World War II, and postwar Illinois. The essays reflect the wide range of experiences lived by Illinoisans facing obstacles like anti-Mormon feeling and Decatur's urban decline; important issues from the 182224 constitutional crisis to women's struggle for a shorter workday; and figures like Albert Cashier, a woman who served as a man in the Union Army, and Robert Prager, a German-American miner lynched in 1918.
Contributors: Roger Biles, Rodney O. Davis, Lilia Fernandez, Paul Finkelman, Charles A. Gliozzo, Annette P. Hampshire, Raymond E. Hauser, Reginald Horsman, Suellen Hoy, Judson Jeffries, Lionel Kimble Jr., Thomas E. Pegram, Shirley Portwood, Robert D. Sampson, E. A. Schwartz, Ronald E. Shaw, and Robert M. Sutton.
