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 — Mark Simpson-Vos, Debbie Gershenowitz,or Andrew Winters.
You can learn about our new books just published in these great book series:
- Our brand new imprint, Ferris & Ferris Books
- John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
- David J. Weber Series in the New Borderlands History
- Studies in United States Culture
- Gender and American Culture
- Civil War America
- The New Cold War History
- Justice, Power, and Politics
- Critical Indigeneities
- Where Religion Lives
- Flows, Migrations, and Exchanges
- Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks











New from the Omohundro Institute — scroll through the newest books!
Congratulations to our 2022 AHA Prize Winner!

2022 Jerry Bentley Prize
American Historical Association

Reacting to the Past ™ Game Books from the Reacting Consortium
now Co-Published by the University of North Carolina Press
For more information and a full list of books, click here.








Recent events continue to bring new attention to subjects like police brutality, institutionalized racism, protests and activism, and more. These subjects are among the pillars of the UNC Press publishing program, and have cast new light on some of our newest books, and some of our classic bestselling titles.
Some of these books are highlighted in our Justice, Power, and Politics series.
You can also check out our full listing of new and classic books in African American Studies.
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.
Borders of Violence and Justice
Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Law Enforcement in the Southwest, 1835-1935
American Dreams, American Nightmares
Culture and Crisis in Residential Real Estate from the Great Recession to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton, 1863–1865
From the New Deal to the War on Schools
Race, Inequality, and the Rise of the Punitive Education State
International Relations from the End of World War II to the Fall of the Soviet Union
Racialized Sexuality, Sexual Capital, and Violence in the Nineteenth-Century Borderlands
Father Luis Olivares, a Biography
Faith Politics and the Origins of the Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles
Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America's Most Famous Small Town
The Record of Murders and Outrages
Racial Violence and the Fight over Truth at the Dawn of Reconstruction