Appalachian Studies Association Virtual Exhibit

Welcome to the UNC Press Virtual Exhibit for the Appalachian Studies Association.

Scroll through to see our newest releases!

We’re looking forward to meeting you at the conference. But if you are not traveling this year, we’re bringing our book exhibit to you.

From virtually anywhere, you can browse our list of new and recent titles, chat with our acquisitions editor Lucas Church, and more.


UNC Press has partnerships with two journals that publish in Appalachian Studies.

Appalachian Review

https://uncpress.org/journals/appalachian-review/
Formerly Appalachian Heritage, this journal showcases the work of emerging and established writers throughout Appalachia and beyond.

Southern Cultures

https://uncpress.org/journals/southern-cultures/
This award-winning journal explores the history, politics, folklore, literature, and art of the South.


All of our books (in fact, our entire site) are available now at our 40 percent ASA 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.


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

Boardinghouse Women

Boardinghouse Women

How Southern Keepers, Cooks, Nurses, Widows, and Runaways Shaped Modern America

Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt

Empty Fields, Empty Promises

Empty Fields, Empty Promises

A State-by-State Guide to Understanding and Transforming the Right to Farm

Loka Ashwood, Aimee Imlay, Lindsay Kuehn, Allen Franco, Danielle Diamond

Urban Specters

Urban Specters

The Everyday Harms of Racial Capitalism

Sarah Mayorga

Landscapes of Care

Landscapes of Care

Immigration and Health in Rural America

Thurka Sangaramoorthy

Oconaluftee

Oconaluftee

The History of a Smoky Mountain Valley

Elizabeth Giddens

The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women

The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women

Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South

Kami Ahrens

Making Our Future

Making Our Future

Visionary Folklore and Everyday Culture in Appalachia

Emily Hilliard

Something in These Hills

Something in These Hills

The Culture of Family Land in Southern Appalachia

John M. Coggeshall

Endless Caverns

Endless Caverns

An Underground Journey into the Show Caves of Appalachia

Douglas Reichert Powell

Otto Wood, the Bandit

Otto Wood, the Bandit

The Freighthopping Thief, Bootlegger, and Convicted Murderer behind the Appalachian Ballads

Trevor McKenzie, David Holt

Gone Home

Gone Home

Race and Roots through Appalachia

Karida L. Brown

Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English

Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English

Michael B. Montgomery, Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller, Joan Houston Hall

Movie-Made Appalachia

Movie-Made Appalachia

History, Hollywood, and the Highland South

John C. Inscoe

Tar Heel Lightnin'

Tar Heel Lightnin'

How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World

Daniel S. Pierce

Liberia, South Carolina

Liberia, South Carolina

An African American Appalachian Community

John M. Coggeshall

Family of Earth

Family of Earth

A Southern Mountain Childhood

Wilma Dykeman, Robert Morgan

Hittin' the Prayer Bones

Hittin' the Prayer Bones

Materiality of Spirit in the Pentecostal South

Anderson Blanton

Strangers Below

Strangers Below

Primitive Baptists and American Culture

Joshua Guthman

Mary Breckinridge

Mary Breckinridge

The Frontier Nursing Service and Rural Health in Appalachia

Melanie Beals Goan

Mountain Nature

Mountain Nature

A Seasonal Natural History of the Southern Appalachians

Jennifer Frick-Ruppert

All That Is Native and Fine

All That Is Native and Fine

The Politics of Culture in an American Region

David E. Whisnant

Cornbread Nation 3

Cornbread Nation 3

Foods of the Mountain South

Ronni Lundy

The Heart of Confederate Appalachia

The Heart of Confederate Appalachia

Western North Carolina in the Civil War

John C. Inscoe, Gordon B. McKinney

To Save the Land and People

To Save the Land and People

A History of Opposition to Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia

Chad Montrie

Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains

Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains

An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern America

Timothy Silver

Sodom Laurel Album

Sodom Laurel Album

Rob Amberg

Appalachia

Appalachia

A History

John Alexander Williams

Ray Hicks

Ray Hicks

Master Storyteller of the Blue Ridge

Robert Isbell