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Lincoln in the Illinois Legislature
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Campaign for Wilson\u27s Creek: The Fight for Missouri Begins
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We\u27ve Been Here All Along: Wisconsin\u27s Early Gay History
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Transplanters on the Grasslands and the Fruits of Chain Migration
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German Americans on the Middle Border: From Antislavery to Reconciliation, 1830-1877
No full textReview of: German Americans on the Middle Border: From Antislavery to Reconciliation, 1830–1877, by Zachary Stuart Garrison
Living by Inches: The Smells, Sounds, Tastes, and Feeling of Captivity in Civil War Prisons
No full textReview of: Living by Inches: The Smells, Sounds, Tastes, and Feeling of Captivity in Civil War Prisons, by Evan Kutzler
Possession, Production, and Power: Reading Objects in the Material Field
No full textThis response piece explores the revival of interest in materiality and the relationship between medieval material culture and gender. Offering a rich and extensive overview of the study of materiality and gender, including a new definition of the “material field” drawing on Bourdieu, the piece specifically discusses how objects obtain their value and meaning within medieval texts, including Arthurian romance literature. The response argues that material objects give a woman power and control, outlining how this is evident through objects within texts and in material production, as evidenced in the section’s articles. The response piece poses – and offers some answers to – many provocative questions raised by the articles in this section, and in the wider issue, critically examining the overall theme of repurposing objects
Little Free Libraries: A Necessity or A Luxury?
Get PDF“Little Free Libraries: A Necessity or A Luxury?” explores recent development in community driven and managed book collections housed in freely accessible ‘micro-libraries’— small, often outdoor housings for books, inspired by Tod Boll and Rick Brooks efforts. Little Free Libraries have spread across the North American continent and the world