{"product_id":"troublemakers-erik-s-gellman-9780226603926","title":"Troublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles Through the Lens of Art Shay","description":"What does democracy look like? And when should we cause trouble to pursue it? \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTroublemakers \u003c\/i\u003efuses photography and history to demonstrate how racial and economic inequality gave rise to a decades-long struggle for justice in one American city. \u003cbr\u003e In dialogue with 275 of Art Shay's photographs, Erik S. Gellman takes a new look at major developments in postwar US history: the Second Great Migration, \"white flight,\" and neighborhood and street conflicts, as well as shifting party politics and the growth of the carceral state. The result is a visual and written history that complicates--and even upends--the morality tales and popular memory of postwar freedom struggles. \u003cbr\u003e Shay himself was a \"troublemaker,\" seeking to unsettle society by illuminating truths that many middle-class, white, media, political, and businesspeople pretended did not exist. Shay served as a navigator in the US Army Air Forces during World War II, then took a position as a writer for \u003ci\u003eLife Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. But soon after his 1948 move to Chicago, he decided to become a freelance photographer. Shay wandered the city photographing whatever caught his eye--and much did. His lens captured everything from private moments of rebellion to era-defining public movements, as he sought to understand the creative and destructive energies that propelled freedom struggles in the Windy City. \u003cbr\u003e Shay illuminated the pain and ecstasy that sprung up from the streets of Chicago, while Gellman reveals their collective impact on the urban fabric and on our national narrative. This collaboration offers a fresh and timely look at how social conflict can shape a city--and may even inspire us to make trouble today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erik S. Gellman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022660392X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226603926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.80w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2021","brand":"Erik S. Gellman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987269320959,"sku":"9780226603926","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ac47447-2de4-4d88-a5e1-8074fe2cb9ec.jpg?v=1683287973","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/troublemakers-erik-s-gellman-9780226603926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}