In the mid-1950s Baltimore’s Rosemont neighborhood was alive and vibrant with smart rowhouses, a sprawling park, corner grocery stores, and doctors’ offices. By 1957, a
To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we’ve put together a reading list highlighting books by and about Indigenous individuals and communities. With these books from
Sugar is everywhere in the western diet, blamed for epidemics of obesity, diabetes, and other modern maladies. Our addiction to sweetness has a long and
Many local policymakers make decisions based on the belief that what’s good for the rich is good for cities. But this wasn’t always the case.
Titles in the American Beginnings, 1500–1900 series address critical issues in American history from the initial period of European contact through the end of the
The University of Chicago Press is celebrating Pride Month with a reading list of recent books from Chicago and our client publishers that help illuminate
In the years after the Nazis came to power in January 1933 and throughout the Second World War, all aspects of life in Germany changed.
As Europe lurched into war in 1939, zookeepers started killing their animals. On September 1, as German forces invaded Poland, Warsaw began with its reptiles.
Latino urban history has been underappreciated not only in its own right but for the centrality of its narratives to urban history as a field.
Guest Post from Gioia Diliberto, author of Firebrands: The Untold Story of Four Women Who Made and Unmade Prohibition A radical social/political movement has taken
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