Bøker utgitt av University of Illinois Press

Africans and Native Americans (the book) explores key issues relating to the evolution of racial terminology and European colonialists' perceptions of color, analyzing the development of color classification systems and the specific evolution of key terms such as black, mulatto, and mestizo, which no longer carry their original meanings. Jack Forbes presents strong evidence that Native American and African contacts began in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean and that Native Americans may have crossed the Atlantic long before Columbus.

'A landmark in American musical historiography.... Indispensable for music teachers and scholars; moreover, it is accessible to the layman.... An exhaustive bibliography, excellent discography, and rarely seen illustrations and photographs add to its attractiveness.'

An unprecedented women's history of the Civil Rights Movement, from sit-ins to Black Power

Calls for and enacts innovative, radically inclusionary ways of reading, teaching, and communicating.

Twentieth-century composers created thousands of original works for solo percussion and percussion ensemble. In this concise book, percussionist Thomas Siwe offers an essential and much-needed survey of groundbreaking musical literature.

An essential guide to building new exchanges and connections in the dynamic worlds of African and global art. Read to explore the reframing of African art through case studies of museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Africa.

An enriching, interpretive mode that focuses on the transnational connections between subjects of African descent as the central pole for investigation. This journey of radical new process invites readers to see creations by artists of African descent as legible within the context of African diasporic historical and cultural debates.

Captures the story of the beloved American music - Bluegrass. This work includes an introduction that describes and traces the development of the music from its origins in Anglo-American folk tradition, overlaid with African American influences, to the popularity of Ralph Stanley, Alison Krauss, and the "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack.

The powerful interconnections of poet Denise Levertov's life and work

Understanding an infamous political movement's grounding in festivity and defiance

Reconceptualises the orphanage as day care

An intimate biography of honky-tonk great Faron Young

Presents the racism, history and unique drive behind the changing roles of Latin baseball players.