AHA Virtual Exhibit

Welcome to the UNC Press Virtual Exhibit for the American Historical Association.

Scroll through to see our newest releases!


We’re looking forward to meeting you at the conference. But in case you aren’t traveling this year, we’re bringing our book exhibit to you.

From virtually anywhere, you can browse our list of new and recent titles, or chat with one of our editors — Debbie Gershenowitz, Cate Hodorowicz, or Andrew Winters.

You can learn about our new books just published in these great book series:


Congratulations to our AHA Book Award Winner!

2024 J. Russell Major Prize
American Historical Association


New from the Omohundro Institute — scroll through the newest books!


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UNC Press is proud to publish the following journals. Check out their web pages to see subscription and additional info:


All of our books (in fact, our entire site) are available now at our 40 percent AHA conference discount. Plus if your order totals $75, domestic U.S. shipping is FREE! Just use promo code 01DAH40 at checkout.

Follow the links at the left for information on submitting a book proposal, ordering desk or examination copies (even free digital exam copies), classroom permissions, disability resources, and more. We’ve even created a handy FAQ document, with answers to the most-asked questions we get at exhibit booths.

Click on any book below to learn more. And, using our View Inside feature, you can leaf through the pages for a preview of each new book, just as if you were standing at our booth. Check it out on each book page.


Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua

Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua

An Enslaved Muslim of the Black Atlantic

Paul E. Lovejoy, Nielson Bezerra

Landscaping Patagonia

Landscaping Patagonia

Spatial History and Nation-Making in Chile and Argentina

María de los Ángeles Picone

Citizen Spectator

Citizen Spectator

Art, Illusion, and Visual Perception in Early National America

Wendy Bellion

Warring for America

Warring for America

Cultural Contests in the Era of 1812

Nicole Eustace, Fredrika J. Teute

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind

A History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper, Derrick P. Alridge

Living the Dream

Living the Dream

The Contested History of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Daniel T. Fleming

Thanks to Life

Thanks to Life

A Biography of Violeta Parra

Ericka Kim Verba

Awaiting Their Feast

Awaiting Their Feast

Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID-19

Lori A. Flores

No Country for Old Age

No Country for Old Age

America's War on Aging from Valley Forge to Silicon Valley

Mischa Honeck

Fighting for Control

Fighting for Control

Power, Reproductive Care, and Race in the US-Mexico Borderlands

Lina-Maria Murillo

Box 25

Box 25

Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal

Julie Greene

An Efficient Womanhood

An Efficient Womanhood

Women and the Making of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

Natanya Duncan

Carceral Apartheid

Carceral Apartheid

How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons

Brittany Friedman

The State of Conservation

The State of Conservation

Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920

Joshua Nygren

Captive Cosmopolitans

Captive Cosmopolitans

Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery

Mary E. Hicks

Radical Solidarity

Radical Solidarity

Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico's Independence

Lisa G. Materson

Race Traffic

Race Traffic

Antislavery and the Origins of White Victimhood, 1619-1819

Gunther Peck

The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond

The Making of Twenty-First-Century Richmond

Politics, Policy, and Governance, 1988-2016

Thad Williamson, Julian M. Hayter, Amy L. Howard

Money Isn't Everything

Money Isn't Everything

Buying and Selling Sex in Twentieth-Century Argentina

Patricio Simonetto, Sarah Booker

The Women of Rendezvous

The Women of Rendezvous

A Transatlantic Story of Family and Slavery

Jenny Shaw

In Place of Mobility

In Place of Mobility

Railroads, Rebels, and Migrants in an Argentine-Chilean Borderland

Kyle E. Harvey

Under Alien Skies

Under Alien Skies

Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America

Vaughn Scribner

The End of College Football

The End of College Football

On the Human Cost of an All-American Game

Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva

Blacks against Brown

Blacks against Brown

The Intra-racial Struggle over Segregated Schools in Topeka, Kansas

Charise L. Cheney

Freedom's Mirage

Freedom's Mirage

Virgil Bennehan's Odyssey from Emancipation to Exile

Sydney Nathans

Death in Briar Bottom

Death in Briar Bottom

The True Story of Hippies, Mountain Lawmen, and the Search for Justice in the Early 1970s

Timothy Silver

The Era Was Lost

The Era Was Lost

The Rise and Fall of New York City’s Rank-and-File Rebels

Glenn Dyer

The Aesthetics of Belonging

The Aesthetics of Belonging

Indigenous Urbanism and City Building in Oil-Boom Luanda

Claudia Gastrow

White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition

White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition

The Politics of Morality in America

Anthea Butler

The Maya of Morganton

The Maya of Morganton

Work and Community in the Nuevo New South

Leon Fink

The Life and Death of Ryan White

The Life and Death of Ryan White

AIDS and Inequality in America

Paul M. Renfro

A Forgotten Migration

A Forgotten Migration

Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs

Crystal R. Sanders

The Abercrombie Age

The Abercrombie Age

Millennial Aspiration and the Promise of Consumer Culture

Myles Ethan Lascity

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement, Second Edition

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement, Second Edition

A Radical Democratic Vision

Barbara Ransby, Robin D. G. Kelley

Inscribing Sovereignties

Inscribing Sovereignties

Writing Community in Native North America

Phillip H. Round

Sabor Judío

Sabor Judío

The Jewish Mexican Cookbook

Ilan Stavans, Margaret E. Boyle, Ilan Rabchinskey, Leah Koenig

Freedom Was in Sight

Freedom Was in Sight

A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region

Kate Masur, Elizabeth Clarke

Traveling to Unknown Places

Traveling to Unknown Places

Nineteenth-Century Journeys toward French and American Selfhood

Lloyd S. Kramer

Tangled Journeys

Tangled Journeys

One Family's Story and the Making of American History

Lori D. Ginzberg

The Subject of Revolution

The Subject of Revolution

Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba

Jennifer L. Lambe

Confronting Jim Crow

Confronting Jim Crow

Race, Memory, and the University of Georgia in the Twentieth Century

Robert Cohen

Searching for Dr. Harris

Searching for Dr. Harris

The Life and Times of a Remarkable African American Physician

Margaret Humphreys

Roadside Americans

Roadside Americans

The Rise and Fall of Hitchhiking in a Changing Nation

Jack Reid

For God, King, and People

For God, King, and People

Forging Commonwealth Bonds in Renaissance Virginia

Alexander B. Haskell

Storming Vicksburg

Storming Vicksburg

Grant, Pemberton, and the Battles of May 19-22, 1863

Earl J. Hess

India and the Cold War

India and the Cold War

Manu Bhagavan

Making Never-Never Land

Making Never-Never Land

Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico

Mónica A. Jiménez

Redeemer, Second Edition

Redeemer, Second Edition

The Life of Jimmy Carter

Randall Balmer

Remembering Conquest

Remembering Conquest

Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship

Omar Valerio-Jiménez

The Sandinista Revolution

The Sandinista Revolution

A Global Latin American History

Mateo Jarquín

What Jane Knew

What Jane Knew

Anishinaabe Stories and American Imperialism, 1815–1845

Maureen Konkle

The Violent World of Broadus Miller

The Violent World of Broadus Miller

A Story of Murder, Lynch Mobs, and Judicial Punishment in the Carolinas

Kevin W. Young

Quitting the Nation

Quitting the Nation

Emigrant Rights in North America

Eric R. Schlereth

Sexual Violence and American Slavery

Sexual Violence and American Slavery

The Making of a Rape Culture in the Antebellum South

Shannon Eaves

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics

Anastasia C. Curwood

Building Power, Breaking Power

Building Power, Breaking Power

The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008

Jesse Chanin

On the Swamp

On the Swamp

Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice

Ryan Emanuel

DARE to Say No

DARE to Say No

Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools

Max Felker-Kantor

Creatures of Fashion

Creatures of Fashion

Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia

John Soluri

Cold War Country

Cold War Country

How Nashville's Music Row and the Pentagon Created the Sound of American Patriotism

Joseph M. Thompson

The Carceral City

The Carceral City

Slavery and the Making of Mass Incarceration in New Orleans, 1803-1930

John Bardes

The War That Made America

The War That Made America

Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher

Caroline E. Janney, Peter S. Carmichael, Aaron Sheehan-Dean

Arise Africa, Roar China

Arise Africa, Roar China

Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century

Yunxiang Gao

Arguing until Doomsday

Arguing until Doomsday

Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle for American Democracy

Michael E. Woods

Writing Kit Carson

Writing Kit Carson

Fallen Heroes in a Changing West

Susan Lee Johnson

The Birth Certificate

The Birth Certificate

An American History

Susan J. Pearson

Co-conspirator for Justice

Co-conspirator for Justice

The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman

Susan M. Reverby

Inventing Disaster

Inventing Disaster

The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood

Cynthia A. Kierner

The Punitive Turn in American Life

The Punitive Turn in American Life

How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War

Michael S. Sherry

Beatriz Allende

Beatriz Allende

A Revolutionary Life in Cold War Latin America

Tanya Harmer

Divided by Terror

Divided by Terror

American Patriotism after 9/11

John Bodnar

The Politics of Safety

The Politics of Safety

The Black Struggle for Police Accountability in La Guardia's New York

Shannon King

Catastrophic Diplomacy

Catastrophic Diplomacy

US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century

Julia F. Irwin

Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds

Jewish War Brides after the Holocaust

Robin Judd

Live from the Underground

Live from the Underground

A History of College Radio

Katherine Rye Jewell

Bundok

Bundok

A Hinterland History of Filipino America

Adrian De Leon

White Man’s Work

White Man’s Work

Race and Middle-Class Mobility into the Progressive Era

Joseph O. Jewell

Accommodating the Republic

Accommodating the Republic

Taverns in the Early United States

Kirsten E. Wood

Watergate, 1973-1974

Watergate, 1973-1974

John M. Parrish

Surgery and Salvation

Surgery and Salvation

The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770–1940

Elizabeth O'Brien

This Is Our Home

This Is Our Home

Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations

Whitney Nell Stewart

Beyond Norma Rae

Beyond Norma Rae

How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class

Aimee Loiselle

Encyclopédie noire

Encyclopédie noire

The Making of Moreau de Saint-Méry's Intellectual World

Sara E. Johnson

Gun Country

Gun Country

Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America

Andrew C. McKevitt

Excavating the Lost Colony Mystery

Excavating the Lost Colony Mystery

The Map, the Search, the Discovery

Eric Klingelhofer

Gotham’s War within a War

Gotham’s War within a War

Policing and the Birth of Law-and-Order Liberalism in World War II–Era New York City

Emily Brooks

The Edwin Fox

The Edwin Fox

How an Ordinary Sailing Ship Connected the World in the Age of Globalization, 1850–1914

Boyd Cothran, Adrian Shubert

Awakening the Ashes

Awakening the Ashes

An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution

Marlene L. Daut

Ambivalent Affinities

Ambivalent Affinities

A Political History of Blackness and Homosexuality after World War II

Jennifer Dominique Jones

Captivity's Collections

Captivity's Collections

Science, Natural History, and the British Transatlantic Slave Trade

Kathleen S. Murphy

The Vice President's Black Wife

The Vice President's Black Wife

The Untold Life of Julia Chinn

Amrita Chakrabarti Myers

Sharing Yerba Mate

Sharing Yerba Mate

How South America's Most Popular Drink Defined a Region

Rebekah E. Pite

Earning Their Wings

Earning Their Wings

The WASPs of World War II and the Fight for Veteran Recognition

Sarah Parry Myers

Making the Latino South

Making the Latino South

A History of Racial Formation

Cecilia Márquez

Muddy Ground

Muddy Ground

Native Peoples, Chicago's Portage, and the Transformation of a Continent

John William Nelson

The Famous Lady Lovers

The Famous Lady Lovers

Black Women and Queer Desire before Stonewall

Cookie Woolner

Reciprocal Mobilities

Reciprocal Mobilities

Indigeneity and Imperialism in an Eighteenth-Century Philippine Borderland

Mark Dizon

A Man of Bad Reputation

A Man of Bad Reputation

The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction

Drew A. Swanson

The Cutting-Off Way

The Cutting-Off Way

Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500–1800

Wayne E. Lee

Rendered Obsolete

Rendered Obsolete

Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling

Jamie L. Jones

Resistance from the Right

Resistance from the Right

Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

In Pursuit of Health Equity

In Pursuit of Health Equity

A History of Latin American Social Medicine

Eric D. Carter

Seeing Red

Seeing Red

Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America

Michael John Witgen

A Republic in the Ranks

A Republic in the Ranks

Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac

Zachery A. Fry

Vodou en Vogue

Vodou en Vogue

Fashioning Black Divinities in Haiti and the United States

Eziaku Atuama Nwokocha

Convicting the Mormons

Convicting the Mormons

The Mountain Meadows Massacre in American Culture

Janiece Johnson

Country Capitalism

Country Capitalism

How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet

Bart Elmore

Making the Green Revolution

Making the Green Revolution

Agriculture and Conflict in Colombia

Timothy W. Lorek

Higher Education for All

Higher Education for All

Racial Inequality, Cold War Liberalism, and the California Master Plan

Andrew Stone Higgins

Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe

Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe

Complicity and Conscience in America's World War II Concentration Camps

Eric L. Muller

A City without Care

A City without Care

300 Years of Racism, Health Disparities, and Health Care Activism in New Orleans

Kevin McQueeney

Radical Prescription

Radical Prescription

Citizenship and the Politics of Tuberculosis in Twentieth-Century Cuba

Kelly Urban

Teaching Public History

Teaching Public History

Julia Brock, Evan Faulkenbury

Dreamland

Dreamland

America's Immigration Lottery in an Age of Restriction

Carly Goodman

An Army Afire

An Army Afire

How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era

Beth Bailey

A New History of the American South

A New History of the American South

W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Laura F. Edwards, Jon F. Sensbach

Ybor City

Ybor City

Crucible of the Latina South

Sarah McNamara

White Gloves, Black Nation

White Gloves, Black Nation

Women, Citizenship, and Political Wayfaring in Haiti

Grace Sanders Johnson

Fit Citizens

Fit Citizens

A History of Black Women's Exercise from Post-Reconstruction to Postwar America

Ava Purkiss

Brutal Campaign

Brutal Campaign

How the 1988 Election Set the Stage for Twenty-First-Century American Politics

Robert L. Fleegler

Struggle for the Street

Struggle for the Street

Social Networks and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Pittsburgh

Jessica D. Klanderud

Citizens of a Stolen Land

Citizens of a Stolen Land

A Ho-Chunk History of the Nineteenth-Century United States

Stephen Kantrowitz

Solidarity across the Americas

Solidarity across the Americas

The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and Anti-imperialism

Margaret M. Power

Reading Territory

Reading Territory

Indigenous and Black Freedom, Removal, and the Nineteenth-Century State

Kathryn Walkiewicz