Category Archives: Books

Historian’s Road Trip

Posted on October 23, 2012 by LaDale Winling

This summer my family took a road trip out to the western Chicago suburbs to support some research I have been doing on the creation of Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne was located near Lemont along the Illinois and Michigan Canal … Continue reading →

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Blogging the Book Project

Posted on June 6, 2012 by LaDale Winling

It’s the summer of the book manuscript, so I’m going over my existing draft, looking through the primary research I’ve already conducted, reflecting on my existing publications, doing more secondary reading, and planning for new research. In short, I’m knee-deep … Continue reading →

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The Problem with Copyright

Posted on December 12, 2011 by LaDale Winling

Specifically, copyright on academic books. I’ll keep this non-specific. This upcoming semester I am teaching an undergrad course in which I wanted to use an out-of-print book. You might not realize, but it is difficult as hell to do this, … Continue reading →

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Mid-Century Liberalism

Posted on July 12, 2011 by LaDale Winling

In Guian McKee’s The Problem of Jobs, I came across a rather concise characterization of mid-century liberalism I wish I had found at the end of undergrad or the beginning of grad school when I was playing catch-up on my … Continue reading →

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Book Club

Posted on May 8, 2009 by LaDale Winling

I just came across a new biography of Arthur Miller, Christopher Bigsby’s Arthur Miller, A Literary Biography. I’ve written a bit about Miller here on this blog as the playwright did his undergrad at Michigan in the 30s and started … Continue reading →

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Indignation

Posted on December 9, 2008 by LaDale Winling

I’ve never read a Philip Roth book until now, which I saw reviewed in the New York Review of Books recently. I just finished Indignation, a Roth coming-of-age novel that takes a tragic turn for the protagonist. A smart working-class … Continue reading →

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The Future of the Book

Posted on June 3, 2008 by urbanoasis

Robert Darnton, a European intellectual and cultural historian, has a piece in the most recent New York Review of Books on libraries and information worth a read. Information has never been stable. That may be a truism, but it bears … Continue reading →

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Summary: Cities of Knowledge

Posted on March 26, 2008 by urbanoasis

Cities of Knowledge Originally uploaded by urbanoasis Colleges and universities are among the most important institutions in post-1945 American society. The federal government, which began offering numerous subsidies as part of the New Deal, intensified its support during World War … Continue reading →

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Quite Fascinating

Posted on February 25, 2008 by urbanoasis

I heard a talk today by Erik Larson, author of The Devil in the White City, Isaac’s Storm, and Thunderstruck. [I enjoyed the former two and haven't read the latter]. He was brought to the local journalism school to talk … Continue reading →

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‘Net Notes

Posted on November 26, 2007 by urbanoasis

A link dump with commentary. I never read the lists of links people leave on their blogs; I go to the blog to read their thoughts and misadventures, not to be redirected to something they glanced over and couldn’t be … Continue reading →

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