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1 online resource |
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Common threads, an anthology from the University of Illinois Press |
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Common threads (University of Illinois (System). Press)
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Fox Raid of 1752: Defensive Warfare and the Decline of the Illinois Tribe; 2. Great Britain and the Illinois Country in the Era of the American Revolution; 3. Edward Coles and the Constitutional Crisis in Illinois, 1822-1824; 4. Slavery, the "More Perfect Union," and the Prairie State; 5. "Pretty Damned Warm Times": The 1864 Charleston Riot and "the Inalienable Right of Revolution"; 6. "Honest Men and Law Abiding Citizens": The 1894 Railroad Strike in Decatur |
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7. The Alton School Case and African American Community Consciousness, 1897-19088. The Dry Machine: The Formation of the Anti-Saloon League of Illinois; 9. Chicago Working Women's Struggle for a Shorter Day, 1908-1911; 10. "I Too Serve America": African American Women War Workers in Chicago, 1940-1945; 11. From the Near West Side to 18th Street: Mexican Community Formation and Activism in Mid-Twentieth Century Chicago; 12. A Final Push for National Legislation: The Chicago Freedom Movement; 13. From Gang-Bangers to Urban Revolutionaries: The Young Lords of Chicago; 14. The Decline of Decatur |
| Summary |
A collection of articles from the Journal of the Illinois State History Society |
| Notes |
"A collection of articles from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society." |
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Description based on print version record |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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HISTORY -- General.
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Illinois -- History.
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Illinois
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hubbard, Mark, editor
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Illinois State Historical Society.
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| LC no. |
2019717325 |
| ISBN |
9780252050688 |
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0252050681 |
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