New week, New books! In this post we’re highlighting this week’s new releases on subjects such as African American Studies, Civil War, Religion, Native American/Indigenous Studies, and Mushrooms. If you see a title that interests you, save 30% with code 01UNCP30 during our American History Sale. A Field Guide to Mushrooms of the Carolinas, Revised and Expanded Edition by Alan… Continue Reading New This Week: April 15th
It’s Tuesday and you know what that means: new books! With three new books on Civil War history and a revised and expanded edition of a Tar Heel essential, you’ll want to keep scrolling to check out today’s new releases. Plus, our American History Sale is going on now which means you can save 30% on these titles, or any… Continue Reading New This Week: April 8th
Another Tuesday, another selection of new books! Check out this week’s new releases including Civil War; African American Studies; Colonial, Revolutionary Era & Early American History; and travel/guidebook titles. Plus, as always, see everything new this month on our Hot Off the Press page. The Fabulous Ordinary: Discovering the Natural Wonders of the Wild South by Georgann Eubanks “The Fabulous Ordinary encourages… Continue Reading New This Week: April 1
The following is a Q&A with Melanie R. Hill, Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Global Racial Justice and Assistant Professor of American Literature at Rutgers University, Newark, and a classically trained gospel violinist, and author of Colored Women Sittin’ on High: Womanist Sermonic Practice in Literature and Music, publishing in April but available for pre-order now. What led you… Continue Reading Seeing Through the Lenses of Literature, Music, and Womanist Theology: A Q&A With Melanie R. Hill
Our Gender and American Culture series is full of books perfect to read during Women’s History Month or beyond. Guided by feminist perspectives, the series examines the social construction and influence of gender and sexuality within the full range of American cultures. Books in the series explore the intersection of gender with such markers of difference as race, class, and… Continue Reading Exploring Feminist Perspectives: Women’s History Month Reads From Our Gender and American Culture Series
We have two new books publishing this week. One looks at nineteenth-century law and literature and the other examines Black and Brown protest in post-civil rights America. Learn more about these titles below or visit our Hot Off the Press page to see everything new publishing this month. Black Pro Se: Authorship and the Limits of Law in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature… Continue Reading New This Week: March 25th
In this Q&A, historians Lori Ginzberg and Jenny Shaw discuss their latest books, Tangled Journeys: One Family’s Story and the Making of American History and The Women of Rendezvous: A Transatlantic Story of Family and Slavery, with W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor, Debbie Gershenowitz. Their work uncovers the lives of women—both enslaved and free—across time, place, and social status,… Continue Reading Exploring History Through Women’s Lives: A Conversation with Lori Ginzberg and Jenny Shaw
Celebrate Women’s History Month by diving into some of our best-selling women’s studies books, each offering a unique and powerful perspective on the lives and contributions of women throughout history. From groundbreaking biographies to in-depth analyses of women’s roles in social movements, our curated selection highlights the resilience, creativity, and impact of women across various fields and eras. Whether you’re… Continue Reading Five Best-Selling Women’s History Books to Add to Your TBR
Another Tuesday, another selection of new books for you to add to your TBR! This week we have new books in Women’s Studies, Native American/Indigenous Studies, and American Studies. Learn more about these titles below or visit our Hot Off the Press page to see everything new publishing this month. Historians on Housewives: Fashion, Performance, and Power on Bravo Reality TV edited… Continue Reading New This Week: March 18th
As we celebrate Women’s History Month, it’s essential to honor the resilience and strength of Black women throughout history. In this blog post Brittany Friedman, author of Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons, delves into the resilience and strength of her grandmother, great grandmother, and their descendants, highlighting their unwavering hope and determination in the face of… Continue Reading Black Women Have Dreams: A Photo Essay of My Ancestors
Today’s two new books promise to provide readers with deep insights into pivotal moments in American history and politics from the Iran-Contra scandal to North Carolina History and Journalism. Learn more about these titles below or visit our Hot Off the Press page to see everything new publishing this month. Southern New, Southern Politics: How a Newspaper Defined a State for a… Continue Reading New This Week: March 4th
This week we’re excited to celebrate the publication of a thought-provoking new release that delves into the complexities of grassroots political organizing in America. Keep reading to learn more about what’s new this week or visit our Hot Off The Press page to see everything new that published in February. Democracy is Awkward: Grappling with Racism inside American Grassroots Political… Continue Reading New This Week: February 25th
This Black History Month we’re highlighting Black stories and amplifying Black voices. The following is a Q&A with Casey D. Nichols, assistant professor of history at Texas State University and author of Poverty Rebels: Black and Brown Protest in Post–Civil Rights America publishing next month, but available for pre-order now. What led you to write Poverty Rebels: Black and Brown Protest… Continue Reading Q&A With Casey Nichols
We’re excited to have three new books publishing today on topics including poetry, women’s basketball history, how media mistreats Black girls, and a dive into grief across generations and oceans. Learn more about these titles below or visit our Hot Off the Press page to see everything new publishing this month. Shattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women’s Basketball by Pamela… Continue Reading New This Week: February 18th
The following post was originally published on shatteringtheglassbook.com by Pamela Grundy, coauthor of Shattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women’s Basketball, and is being reposted here with permission. The revised edition of Shattering the Glass is on-sale tomorrow and available wherever books are sold. Black women have long energized American women’s basketball. Marian Washington, C. Vivian Stringer, Lusia Harris,… Continue Reading Black Women Dazzle: Stories of American Women’s Basketball
For Black History Month we’ve been highlighting some of our African American Studies books and amplifying Black voices here on the blog. Next up in our series is a Q&A with Aria S. Halliday, associate professor of gender and women’s studies and African American and Africana studies at the University of Kentucky and author of Black Girls and How We Fail… Continue Reading Q&A With Aria S. Halliday
New this week is a book that tells the story of how people living, governing, and traveling through northern Patagonia sought to construct versions of ‘the nation’ based on their ideas about and experiences in geographical space in late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Learn more about this title below or visit our Hot Off the Press page to see everything new… Continue Reading New This Week: February 11th
February is Black History Month, a time to honor the legacy, achievements, and contributions of African Americans throughout history and to amplify Black voices shaping our present and future. Since our founding in 1922 UNC Press has made a commitment to publishing in the field of African American studies. In fact, we were the first scholarly publisher to develop an… Continue Reading Celebrating Black History Month: Essential Reads
The following is a guest post from Travis A. Weisse, author of Health Freaks: America’s Diet Champions and the Specter of Chronic Illness which tells a new history of modern diets in America by exploring how the popularity of diets grew alongside patients’ frustrations with the limitations and failures of the American healthcare system in the face of chronic disease.… Continue Reading Dietary Dreams of Immortality
New this week is a biography of Doc Watson and a history of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Learn more about these two enlightening titles or visit our Hot Off the Press page to see everything new that published this month. Doc Watson: A Life in Music by Eddie Huffman American Music: New Roots “A vivd portrait . . . The… Continue Reading New This Week: January 28th
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