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Suburban Developers and the Creation of a Divided Metropolis
The modern suburbanite lives among manicured lawns, shopping centers, and public schools with private school reputations. Socially and economically dependent on the city, but autonomously governed, suburban life ostensibly offers the best of both worlds. In <i>Building Chicago,<i/> Ann Durkin Keating offers a fascinating account of the ......
Filipino identity in transition in contemporary Hawai'iDrawing on ten years of interviews and ethnographic and archival research, Roderick Labrador delves into the ways Filipinos in Hawai'i have balanced their pursuit of upward mobility and mainstream acceptance with a desire to keep their Filipino identity. In particular, Labrador speaks to the ......
Filipino identity in transition in contemporary Hawai'iDrawing on ten years of interviews and ethnographic and archival research, Roderick Labrador delves into the ways Filipinos in Hawai'i have balanced their pursuit of upward mobility and mainstream acceptance with a desire to keep their Filipino identity. In particular, Labrador speaks to the ......
A Decade of Construction, Renovation, and Renewal across the University of Illinois System
Foreword Timothy J. Killeen Part I. Teaching and Research 1. Altgeld and Illini Halls 2. Campus Instructional Facility 3. Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building 4. Surveying Building-Irwin Center for Doctoral Study in Business 5. Talbot Laboratory-Educational Upgrade and Expansion 6. Civil and Environmental ......
Artisans building musical instruments and community
Banjo music possesses a unique power to evoke a bucolic, simpler past. The artisans who build banjos for old-time music stand at an unusual crossroads - asked to meet the modern musician's needs while retaining the nostalgic qualities so fundamental to the banjo's ......
Artisans building musical instruments and community
Banjo music possesses a unique power to evoke a bucolic, simpler past. The artisans who build banjos for old-time music stand at an unusual crossroads--asked to meet the modern musician's needs while retaining the nostalgic qualities so fundamental to the banjo's ......
Latina/o/x places exist as both tangible physical phenomena and gatherings created and maintained by creative cultural practices. In this collection, an interdisciplinary group of contributors critically examines the many ways that varied Latina/o/x communities cohere through cultural expression. Authors consider how our embodied experiences of ......
Latina/o/x places exist as both tangible physical phenomena and gatherings created and maintained by creative cultural practices. In this collection, an interdisciplinary group of contributors critically examines the many ways that varied Latina/o/x communities cohere through cultural expression. Authors consider how our embodied experiences of ......
Hoyt Fuller and the Cultural Politics of the 1960s
A revolution in African American culture and the figure who helped bring it to fruition
As both an activist and the dynamic editor of Negro Digest, Hoyt W. Fuller stood at the nexus of the Black Arts Movement and the broader black cultural politics of his time. Jonathan Fenderson uses historical snapshots of ......
