New This Month: May

Happy May! We have a bunch of new books publishing this month. You can find the full list, including any new in paperbacks, on our Hot Off the Press page. Plus, if you want updates in your inbox every month about new titles and what’s happening at UNC Press you can sign up for our monthly eNews.

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An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era by Beth Bailey

“A detailed examination of the U.S. Army’s efforts to address “the problem of race” in the late 1960s and early ’70s . . . . [Bailey’s] in-depth reporting on the Army’s attempts to “assess and address Black soldiers’ complaints” sheds light on what was accomplished, as well as how far there is left to go. It’s a valuable study of the challenges to institutional reform.”—Publishers Weekly

“Bailey’s account of the way the army responded to the growing crisis is original and informative.”—Eric Foner, London Review of Books

A New History of the American South edited by W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Laura F. Edwards and Jon Sensbach, associate editors

A Ferris & Ferris Book

“An important book for anyone interested in Southern history . . . . this is the book to read.”—Kirkus Reviews(STARRED review)

“The thought-provoking and expert essays represent expansive views of Southern history. . . . Drawing parallels between the past and present, [these essays] eschew easy narratives to capture the contradictions of Southern life.”—Foreword Reviews

Dreamland: America’s Immigration Lottery in an Age of Restriction by Carly Goodman

“A well-reasoned, evenhanded account of the immigration system . . . . Goodman offers a strong defense for the visa lottery, which is not weighted by country, allowing immigrants from all over Africa.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Essential reading for those interested in the past and future of U.S. immigration policy.”—Library Journal

“Dreamland is a brilliant exploration of U.S. immigration at the close of the twentieth century.”—Nicole Hemmer, author of Partisans: The Conservative Revolutionaries Who Remade American Politics in the 1990s

Country Capitalism: How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet by Bart Elmore

A Ferris & Ferris Book

“. . . . Even-handed, informative . . . . A compelling argument that companies are willing but not eager to fight climate change.”—Kirkus Reviews

“This engaging and important book reveals how five of today’s most influential global corporations developed from common roots in the US South and are implicated in exacerbating ecological change, especially climate warming.”—Ellen Griffith Spears, author of Baptized in PCBs: Race, Pollution, and Justice in an All-American Town

Layer, Jailer, Ally, Foe: Complicity and Conscience in America’s World War II Concentration Camps by Eric L. Muller

“Vivid. . . . For readers interested in human rights, concentration camps, or the legal history of this period, this is an important work.”—Library Journal

“A fascinating and detailed account of one of America’s darkest chapters. Through the eyes and work of three dedicated lawyers we see the struggles of Japanese American citizens stripped of their dignity and rights and locked away simply because of their race.”—John Grisham

Theater of a Separate War: The Civil War West of the Mississippi River, 1861–1865 by Thomas W. Cutrer

“Cutrer’s work is an important addition to Civil War literature, with some interesting twists.”—America’s Civil War

“Cutrer has expertly written a compelling narrative that will become a standard source on the subject.”—Journal of the Civil War Era