Perry R. Duis
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Perry R Duis graduated from Northwestern in 1965 and earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago. He taught American history and the history of Chicago at UIC for forty-two years, until his retirement in 2010. He was honored twice, in 1976 and 2007, with UIC‘s Silver Circle Award in recognition of his teaching.r r Perry wrote four books about Chicago—Chicago: Creating New Traditions(1976); The Saloon: Public Drinking in Chicago and Boston(1983); We’ve Got a Job to Do: Chicagoans and World War II (1992); and Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920 (1998).Perry felt privileged to make a career of pursuing his interests and sharing them with others. He spent his life connecting Chicagoans to their history.
Challenging Chicago: Coping with Everyday Life, 1837-1920 | Chicago—Chicago: Creating New Tradition | The Saloon: Public Drinking in Chicago and Boston | We’ve Got a Job to Do:: Chicagoans and World War II (1992)