February 16, 2012

Sandra Gutierrez: Layered Potato and Egg Salad (Causa Vegetariana)

One day, as I was talking with my editor and friend Elaine Maisner, and telling her about these salads, she said that I should try to make a vegetarian version to include in The New Southern-Latino Table. I proceeded to tell her that one of my favorite versions of potato salads–one I often encountered in the South–included the addition of eggs and olives. We decided right there that this should be the inspiration. Here is the resulting recipe. Continue Reading Sandra Gutierrez: Layered Potato and Egg Salad (Causa Vegetariana)

Categories Author blog entry/Cooking / Food/Recipes/Sandra Gutierrez/UNC Press Authors
February 15, 2012

Miguel La Serna: Peru and the Shining Path: Mission Accomplished?

When Peruvian president Ollanta Humala received the news last week that Florindo Flores Hala, a.k.a. “Comrade Artemio,” had been captured, he immediately set out for the Upper Huallaga Valley to congratulate the security forces responsible for bringing down the Shining Path leader. “In the name of the police and the army we can say to the country: mission accomplished,” affirmed the exultant president. The fall of the rebel leader has many asking: is this the end of Shining Path? Continue Reading Miguel La Serna: Peru and the Shining Path: Mission Accomplished?

Categories Author blog entry/Current Events/Guest Bloggers/History/Latin American/Caribbean Hist./Native Amer./Indigenous Studies
February 14, 2012

NCPedia adds Dictionary of N.C. Biography & Encyclopedia of North Carolina to online archive

Content from William S. Powell’s Encyclopedia of North Carolina and the 6-volume Dictionary of North Carolina Biography will be available online at NCPedia.org. Continue Reading NCPedia adds Dictionary of N.C. Biography & Encyclopedia of North Carolina to online archive

Categories History/North Carolina/Reference/UNC Press News
February 13, 2012

Excerpt: Freedom’s Teacher, by Katherine Mellen Charron

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, on May 3, 1898, Septima Earthaline Poinsette entered a world that had been shaped as African Americans gained and lost political power after the Civil War. Freedom for most black Carolinians, including her slave-born father, had arrived only three decades earlier, and the Low Country, with its majority black population, had served as the epicenter of black militancy and political activism. Continue Reading Excerpt: Freedom’s Teacher, by Katherine Mellen Charron

Categories African American History/African American Studies/American History/Biography / Autobiography/Civil Rights/Excerpts/History/Southern Studies/Women's Studies
February 10, 2012

Michael H. Hunt: Afghanistan and an unkind God

Turning our backs on the grim prospects for Afghanistan is part of a long tradition. We drew a veil over the struggle against insurgents in the Philippines. A combination of amnesia and speculative might-have-beens disposed of the Korean stalemate and the Vietnam defeat, and it seems likely the Iraq invasion and occupation will suffer the same fate. Continue Reading Michael H. Hunt: Afghanistan and an unkind God

Categories Asian Studies/Columnists/Guest Bloggers/Michael H. Hunt/Middle Eastern Studies/Military History/Politics/Public Policy
February 9, 2012

New ebook offers blueprint for building a globally competitive South

Gitterman and Coclanis argue that our leaders must find a way to forge a bipartisan, pro-growth economic agenda and, in order to implement it, embrace creative public-private partnerships of various kinds. Continue Reading New ebook offers blueprint for building a globally competitive South

Categories Business/Economics/Global Studies/Public Policy/Southern Studies/UNC Press News
February 7, 2012

Robert Lippson: Wading in the shallows and loving it!

The shallows are a hub of biological activity. This is where many species of fishes spawn and where small fish seek haven from larger ones looking for lunch. Plants also grow in the shallows, and where there are plants there will be snails and small harmless insect-like crustaceans such as isopods and amphipods and shrimp and occasionally everyone’s favorite—a seahorse—and their close relatives, pipefishes, clinging, crawling, and slithering over the stems and blades of the vegetation. Continue Reading Robert Lippson: Wading in the shallows and loving it!

Categories Author blog entry/Biology/Environmental Studies/Guest Bloggers/Nature/North Carolina
February 6, 2012

UNC Press celebrates 90 years, and the gifts are for you!

In celebration of our 90th birthday, we’ll feature new disciplines reduced 50% each month. Save now on books in African American History and Religious Studies. Continue Reading UNC Press celebrates 90 years, and the gifts are for you!

Categories African American History/African American Studies/Christian Studies/Islamic Studies/Jewish Studies/Religion/Sale/UNC Press News
February 2, 2012

Nadine Cohodas: The Power of Nina Simone’s Musical Versatility

But for me, a medley from her July 4, 1963, appearance stands out as the quintessential Nina Simone moment. In just over six minutes, she displayed the range of her musical inspirations and a gift for improvisation that can come only from a deep appreciation of each genre and the skill—both vocal and at the keyboard—to carry it off. Continue Reading Nadine Cohodas: The Power of Nina Simone’s Musical Versatility

Categories African American History/African American Studies/Author blog entry/Biography / Autobiography/Guest Bloggers/History/Music
February 1, 2012

Excerpt: “American Congo” by Nan Elizabeth Woodruff

In this excerpt from ‘American Congo: The African American Freedom Struggle in the Delta,’ Nan Elizabeth Woodruff examines what led up to the massacre of black sharecroppers in 1919 Phillips County, Arkansas, and how the official narrative of events was fabricated and disseminated by white leaders. Continue Reading Excerpt: “American Congo” by Nan Elizabeth Woodruff

Categories African American History/African American Studies/American History/American Studies/Civil Rights/History/Southern Studies
January 19, 2012

Book excerpt: Whiting Up, by Marvin McAllister

In this excerpt from Whiting Up: Whiteface Minstrels & Stage Europeans in African American Performance, McAllister describes some 19th-century black fashionistas in New York and Charleston. Continue Reading Book excerpt: Whiting Up, by Marvin McAllister

Categories African American History/African American Studies/American History/American Studies/Excerpts/History/Theatre & Performing Arts
January 13, 2012

Free Book Friday! The New Southern Garden Cookbook (autographed copy)

Tell us what garden fresh ingredient gets you through the winter. Comment by 4pm for chance to win a free copy of The New Southern Garden Cookbook: Enjoying the Best from Homegrown Gardens, Farmers’ Markets, Roadside Stands, and CSA Farm Boxes, signed by author Sheri Castle. Continue Reading Free Book Friday! The New Southern Garden Cookbook (autographed copy)

Categories Cooking / Food