King of the Queen City: The Story of King Records
Jon Hartley Fox and Dave Alvin
Book
King of the Queen City is the first comprehensive history of King Records, one of the most...
The Red and the Black: American Film Noir in the 1950s
Book
Critical wisdom has it that we said a long goodbye to film noir in the 1950s. Robert Miklitsch begs...
How To Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
Book
A growing number of Americans want to tear down what it’s taken us 250 years to build—and...
Civic Engagement in Food System Governance: A Comparative Perspective of American and British Local Food Movements
Book
The local food movement is one of the most active of current civil engagement social movements. This...
Braddock's Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution
Book
On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a...
Pritzker Military Museum & Library Podcasts
Podcast
Located in Chicago, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library is open to the public with live events...
Japan Eats
Podcast
What is Japanese food? Sushi? Ramen? Kaiseki? What about Izakaya? What exactly are they? Akiko...
On the Road
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"On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend...
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American Made (2017)
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Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning...
The Cambridge History of World Music
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Scholars have long known that world music was not merely the globalized product of modern media, but...