Trending This Month: April

See what’s trending at UNC Press with this list of the most viewed books on our website this month.


Book Cover for Brewing a Boycott: How a Grassroots Coalition Fought Coors and Remade American Consumer Activism by Allyson P. Brantley. Title repeats to right of image.

Brewing a Boycott: How a Grassroots Coalition Fought Coors and Remade American Consumer Activism by Allyson P. Brantley

2022 Robert G. Athearn Award, Western History Association

A 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

“One of the most clarifying, empirically rich analyses of post-1960s activism ever written.”—Pacific Historical Review

“The text is sure to result in major contributions for future research and scholarship on this important subject matter. Every library should obtain a copy for collections on labor, grassroots politics, and social movements history.”—CHOICE

Book Cover for Ku-Klux: The Birth of the Klan during Reconstruction by  Elaine Frantz Parsons. Title repeats to right of image.

Ku-Klux: The Birth of the Klan during Reconstruction by Elaine Frantz Parsons

2016 Willie Lee Rose Prize, Southern Association for Women Historians

“Extraordinarily well-researched. . . .interesting and illuminating.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Provides an interesting and insightful view of how the Klan phenomenon was portrayed in different venues and by different kinds of actors.”—American Historical Review

“Highly recommended for those interested in the history of the South, Reconstruction, and American racial violence.”—North Carolina Historical Review

Book cover for Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South by Barbara Krauthame. Title repeats to right of image.

Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South by Barbara Krauthame

“Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.”—Choice

“An important overview of the lives of African and African American peoples who played relevant, active roles in United States affairs, adeptly navigated tribal and United States federal bureaucracy, and effectively articulated their views on race and identity.”—Ohio Valley History

“In this compelling study Krauthamer successfully demonstrates black Americans’ struggle for their liberation and subsequent rights as citizens.”—Southern Historian

Book cover for Race For Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. Title repeats to right of image.

Race For Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Finalist, 2020 Pulitzer Prize in History

2019 National Book Award Finalist

2020 Ellis W. Hawley Prize, Organization of American Historians

2020 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award, Organization of American Historians

2020 James A. Rawley Prize, Organization of American Historians

A 2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Book cover for Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature by Janice A. Radway. Title repeats to right of image.

Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature by Janice A. Radway

2012 International Communication Association Fellows Book Award

“A consistently absorbing and often brilliant analysis of [romance novels] and their eager consumers.”—Sandra M. Gilbert, New York Times Book Review

“A superb analysis of a contemporary phenomenon and an intelligent and moving depiction of how the women who consume these novels see their lives.”—Journal of Communication