This week, we’re excited to celebrate the newest title in our Ferris & Ferris imprint: The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw: From Reconstruction through Black Lives Matter by Sylvester Allen Jr. and Belle Boggs. Published today, this powerful work uncovers the life and legacy of Wyatt Outlaw—a Union League leader, business owner, and the first Black town constable and commissioner in Graham,… Continue Reading New This Week: January 27th
It’s New Books Tuesday and we have two new book hitting shelves today. Short of a Revolution takes you inside the tense diplomacy and near-misses that defined one of the most dramatic moments in modern history. Meanwhile, Jim Crow in the Asylum shines a light on the hidden intersections of race, mental health, and systemic injustice during the Jim Crow era. Continue reading… Continue Reading New This Week: Jan13th
Today calls for celebration—it’s our first publication day of 2026! We’re thrilled to kick off the new year with three incredible titles that span a wide range of topics: from the fascinating world of crayfish (or crawfish… or crawdads!) to uncovering the untold complexities of Reconstruction, to the clothing, culture, and violence in the American Civil War Era. These new… Continue Reading New This Week: January 6th 2026
It’s New Books Tuesday and publishing today we have two new releases that offer fresh perspectives on race, space, and power in the United States. The Undesirable Many, part of our acclaimed Justice, Power, and Politics series, examines Black women’s experiences with displacement and housing insecurity in Washington, D.C. Folk Engineering takes a broader view, exploring how race, region, and planning have shaped the… Continue Reading New This Week: November 4th
It’s a big publication day at UNC Press, with seven compelling new titles making their debut. This week’s diverse lineup spans gender and sexuality studies, Southern history, sociology, American studies, labor history—and even fiction. We’re especially excited to launch the first three books in our new Radical Souths series, which reclaims and reprints some of the most revolutionary works of twentieth-century Southern literature.… Continue Reading New This Week: October 21
It’s Tuesday which means new UNC Press books are hitting the shelves! Keep reading to learn more about the four new titles that are now available wherever books are sold or view everything new this month on our Hot Off the Press page. The Fate of the Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War by Renata Keller… Continue Reading New This Week: October 14th
We have two powerful new histories hitting the shelves this week. Cassius Marcellus Clay by Anne E. Marshall offers a biography of an antislavery slaveholder and Torn Asunder by Erik Pani explores republican crises and civil wars in the US and Mexico. Learn more about these new titles below or explore everything new this month on our Hot Off the… Continue Reading New This Week: September 23rd
Another Tuesday, another selection of new books for you. New this week is a new book in our Civil War America series that examines the complex history of US debates about compensating enslavers and a book that offers a trailblazing analysis of Brazil’s influence on the 1973 Chilean coup d’état. Learn more about these two new titles below and visit… Continue Reading New This Week: August 19th
New this week, Atlantic Crescent by Alaina M. Morgan traces the powerful intersections of Black and Muslim liberation across the African diaspora between the twentieth century’s two World Wars. Learn more about this title below or see everything new that published this month on our Hot Off the Press page. Atlantic Crescent: Building Geographies of Black and Muslim Liberation in the… Continue Reading New This Week: July 29
How did white residential developers, planning consultants, and their allies in government strategically replace block-level segregation with segregation at the neighborhood level in New South cities such as Atlanta, Baltimore, Birmingham, Houston, Raleigh, and Winston-Salem? That’s the topic of this week’s new release, Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal by Karen Benjamin. Good… Continue Reading New This Week: July 15th
Today we’re spotlighting three powerful new releases that illuminate the complexities of American history through the lens of activism, identity, and intellectual legacy. From the labor struggles of the Midwest to the revolutionary voices of the Civil Rights era, and the life of a towering Black radical thinker, these books offer essential insights for readers seeking to understand the past—and… Continue Reading New This Week: June 17th
This week we have two exciting new titles publishing. Something to Do with Power by David Tyroler Romine traces the life and legacy of Julian Mayfield, illuminating his pivotal yet underrecognized role in Black radical thought and activism across the mid-20th century & A Common Grave by Susan Juster provides the first comprehensive look at the lived experience of Catholics—whether Irish,… Continue Reading New This Week: June 3rd
It’s Tuesday and we have a dynamic collection of new titles hitting the shelves! From the gripping biography of a self-emancipated man who shaped his own legend, to deep dives into housing justice, punk rebellion, and Black political power, these books explore the intersections of race, class, culture, and resistance across American history and society. Learn more about these new… Continue Reading New This Week: May 27th
This week, we’re excited to release three thought-provoking new books that illuminate the complexities of belief, language, and identity in contemporary life. In Secular Sensibilities, Susan Friend Harding explores how secularism shapes moral and political discourse in the American South, offering a fresh lens on cultural transformation. Language and Life on Ocracoke by Walt Wolfram and Jeffrey Reaser captures the rich linguistic heritage… Continue Reading New This Week: May 20th
Another week, another pub day full of exciting new titles. Deborah Mutnick’s No Race, No Country offers a profound reevaluation of Richard Wright’s literary and political legacy. Brett Taubman’s Southern Culture on the Fizz is a delightful guide to the rich tradition of fermentation in the American South. Lastly, Cold War Asia, edited by Hajimu Masuda, presents a groundbreaking anthology that explores the multifaceted experiences… Continue Reading New This Week: May 13th
This week’s new books explore topics on violence in sports and American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines. Learn more about the two new books publishing today below or explore everything new this month on our Hot Off the Press page. The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines by Justin… Continue Reading New This Week: May 6th
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
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
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