The revised and updated third edition of The Making of Urban America includes seven new articles ...

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The New Deal made vast sums of money available to cities, paved the way for innovations ion publi...

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as president, the South was unmistakably the most disadva...

In 1983, Harold Washington made history by becoming Chicago's first African American mayor. The r...

Roger Biles is Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois State University. His books include Rich...

The Human Tradition in Urban America offers an intimate telling of America's evolution into an ur...

Tracing the development of the US presidency since Harry S. Truman took office in 1945, this volu...

Biles' first-rate primer on the state's history will be a useful resource for anyone curious abou...

When Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as president, the South was unmistakably the most disadva...

How six industrial cities in the American Rust Belt reacted to deindustrialization in the years a...

How six industrial cities in the American Rust Belt reacted to deindustrialization in the years a...