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Africobra: Messages to the People Cover Image

Africobra: Messages to the People (Hardcover)

By Chana Sheldon, Jeffreen Hayes (Editor), Chana Sheldon (Foreword by)
$49.95
ISBN: 9781941366301
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Published: Gregory R. Miller & Company - January 5th, 2021
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther Cover Image

The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther (Paperback)

By Jeffrey Haas
$17.99
ISBN: 9781641603218
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Published: Lawrence Hill Books - November 5th, 2019
The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago Cover Image

The Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago (Paperback)

By Daniel Kay Hertz
$16.95
ISBN: 9781948742092
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Published: Belt Publishing - October 16th, 2018
The Beauty of Your Face: A Novel Cover Image

The Beauty of Your Face: A Novel (Paperback)

By Sahar Mustafah
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393542042
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 6th, 2021
Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago (Historical Studies of Urban America) Cover Image

Brown in the Windy City: Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in Postwar Chicago (Historical Studies of Urban America) (Paperback)

By Lilia Fernández
$30.00
ISBN: 9780226212845
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Published: University of Chicago Press - July 21st, 2014
Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago (Latinos in Chicago and Midwest) Cover Image

Chicanas of 18th Street: Narratives of a Movement from Latino Chicago (Latinos in Chicago and Midwest) (Paperback)

By Leonard G. Ramirez, Yenelli Flores, Maria Gamboa, Isaura González, Victoria Pérez, Magda Ramirez-Castañeda, Cristina Vital
$27.00
ISBN: 9780252078125
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Published: University of Illinois Press - September 21st, 2011
The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook Cover Image

The Chicago Neighborhood Guidebook (Paperback)

By Martha Bayne (Editor)
$20.00
ISBN: 9781948742498
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Published: Belt Publishing - September 10th, 2019
Citizen Illegal Cover Image

Citizen Illegal (Paperback)

By José Olivarez
$16.00
ISBN: 9781608469543
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Published: Haymarket Books - September 4th, 2018
City of Lake and Prairie: Chicago's Environmental History (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ) Cover Image

City of Lake and Prairie: Chicago's Environmental History (Pittsburgh Hist Urban Environ) (Hardcover)

By Kathleen A. Brosnan (Editor), William C. Barnett (Editor), Ann Durkin Keating (Editor)
$50.00
ISBN: 9780822946311
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Published: University of Pittsburgh Press - October 6th, 2020
Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon Cover Image

Creative Chicago: An Interview Marathon (Paperback)

By Hans Ulrich Obrist, Alison Cuddy
$19.95
ISBN: 9780932171672
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Published: Terra Foundation For American Art - November 15th, 2019
Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, Second Edition Cover Image

Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, Second Edition (Paperback)

By Ida B. Wells, Alfreda M. Duster (Editor), Eve L. Ewing (Foreword by), Michelle Duster (Afterword by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780226691428
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Published: University of Chicago Press - May 13th, 2020
Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks Cover Image

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks (Hardcover)

By Suzanne Slade, Cozbi A. Cabrera (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781419734113
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Published: Abrams Books for Young Readers - April 7th, 2020
Family Properties: How the Struggle Over Race and Real Estate Transformed Chicago and Urban America Cover Image

Family Properties: How the Struggle Over Race and Real Estate Transformed Chicago and Urban America (Paperback)

By Beryl Satter
$24.00
ISBN: 9780805091427
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Published: Picador - March 2nd, 2010
Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy) Cover Image

Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency (Urban Life, Landscape and Policy) (Paperback)

By Gary Rivlin
$34.95
ISBN: 9781439904923
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Published: Temple University Press - October 26th, 2012
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side Cover Image

Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side (Paperback)

By Eve L. Ewing
$16.00
ISBN: 9780226526164
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Published: University of Chicago Press - April 10th, 2020
The Great Believers: A Novel Cover Image

The Great Believers: A Novel (Paperback)

By Rebecca Makkai
$16.00
ISBN: 9780735223530
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Published: Penguin Books - June 4th, 2019
High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing Cover Image

High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing (Paperback)

By Ben Austen
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062235077
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Published: Harper Paperbacks - February 12th, 2019
The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) Cover Image

The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Sandra Cisneros
$11.95
ISBN: 9780679734772
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Published: Vintage - April 3rd, 1991
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Cover Image

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Paperback)

By Erika L. Sánchez
$11.99
ISBN: 9781524700515
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Published: Ember - March 5th, 2019
Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better Cover Image

Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn't Work and How We Can Do Better (Paperback)

By Maya Schenwar
$18.95
ISBN: 9781626562691
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Published: Berrett-Koehler Publishers - November 10th, 2014
Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry Cover Image

Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry (Paperback)

By Imani Perry
$17.95
ISBN: 9780807039830
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Published: Beacon Press - September 17th, 2019
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Cover Image

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir (Paperback)

By Natasha Trethewey
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062248589
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Published: Ecco - June 1st, 2021
Miles from Nowhere Cover Image

Miles from Nowhere (Paperback)

By Nami Mun
$16.00
ISBN: 9781594483981
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 1st, 2009
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Cover Image

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Paperback)

By Emil Ferris
$39.99
ISBN: 9781606999592
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Published: Fantagraphics - February 14th, 2017
neckbone: visual verses Cover Image

neckbone: visual verses (Hardcover)

By avery r. young, Theaster Gates (Contributions by)
$25.00
ISBN: 9780810140523
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Published: TriQuarterly - June 15th, 2019
Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power (Justice) Cover Image

Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power (Justice) (Paperback)

By Simon Balto
$29.95
ISBN: 9781469659176
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Published: University of North Carolina Press - February 1st, 2020
On My Way to Liberation Cover Image

On My Way to Liberation (Paperback)

By H. Melt
$10.00
ISBN: 9781608465927
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Published: Haymarket Books - September 18th, 2018
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Once I Was Cool: Personal Essays Cover Image

Once I Was Cool: Personal Essays (Paperback)

By Megan Stielstra
$15.95
ISBN: 9781940430027
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Published: Curbside Splendor Publishing - May 20th, 2014
Plague Years: A Doctor’s Journey through the AIDS Crisis Cover Image

Plague Years: A Doctor’s Journey through the AIDS Crisis (Hardcover)

By Ross A. Slotten, MD
$20.00
ISBN: 9780226718767
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Published: University of Chicago Press - July 15th, 2020
Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics (Politics and Culture in Modern America) Cover Image

Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics (Politics and Culture in Modern America) (Paperback)

By Timothy Stewart-Winter
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ISBN: 9780812224061
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press - August 11th, 2017
Saving Ruby King Cover Image

Saving Ruby King (Hardcover)

By Catherine Adel West
$27.99
ISBN: 9780778305095
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Published: Park Row - June 16th, 2020
The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation Cover Image

The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation (Paperback)

By Natalie Y. Moore
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250118332
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Published: Picador - April 4th, 2017
Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side (Second to None: Chicago Stories) Cover Image

Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side (Second to None: Chicago Stories) (Paperback)

By Lee Bey, Amanda Williams (Foreword by)
$30.00
ISBN: 9780810140981
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Published: Northwestern University Press - October 15th, 2019
Stateway's Garden: Stories Cover Image

Stateway's Garden: Stories (Hardcover)

By Jasmon Drain
$26.00
ISBN: 9781984818164
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Published: Random House - January 21st, 2020
The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service Cover Image

The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service (Paperback)

By Laura Kaplan
$20.00
ISBN: 9780226625324
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Published: University of Chicago Press - March 13th, 2019
Sun Ra's Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City (Historical Studies of Urban America) Cover Image

Sun Ra's Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City (Historical Studies of Urban America) (Paperback)

By William Sites
$30.00
ISBN: 9780226732107
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Published: University of Chicago Press - December 21st, 2020
A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks Cover Image

A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks (Paperback)

By Angela Jackson
$18.00
ISBN: 9780807059128
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Published: Beacon Press - May 29th, 2018
The World Is Always Coming to an End: Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood (Chicago Visions and Revisions) Cover Image

The World Is Always Coming to an End: Pulling Together and Apart in a Chicago Neighborhood (Chicago Visions and Revisions) (Paperback)

By Carlo Rotella
$19.00
ISBN: 9780226759616
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Published: University of Chicago Press - September 18th, 2020
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Wild Hundreds (Pitt Poetry Series) Cover Image

Wild Hundreds (Pitt Poetry Series) (Paperback)

By Nate Marshall
$17.00
ISBN: 9780822963837
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Published: University of Pittsburgh Press - September 9th, 2015