Fall 2018 Seasonal Catalog Listing

UNC Press Fall 2018 CatalogWelcome to the UNC Press Fall 2018 Seasonal Catalog.

Here you’ll find a listing of our new books scheduled to be published between August 2018 and January 2019.  Feel free to scroll down and browse our new list, and click on any title to learn more.  All these books can be pre-ordered, and will ship when published.

Booksellers and Librarians: Our new seasonal catalogs are available through Edelweiss.


City of a Million Dreams

City of a Million Dreams

A History of New Orleans at Year 300

Jason Berry

River of Death--The Chickamauga Campaign

River of Death--The Chickamauga Campaign

Volume 1: The Fall of Chattanooga

William Glenn Robertson

The Month of Their Ripening

The Month of Their Ripening

North Carolina Heritage Foods through the Year

Georgann Eubanks

The New Vegetarian South

The New Vegetarian South

105 Inspired Dishes for Everyone

Jennifer Brulé

Southern Snacks

Southern Snacks

77 Recipes for Small Bites with Big Flavors

Perre Coleman Magness, Justin Fox Burks

Hiking and Traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway, Revised and Expanded Edition

Hiking and Traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway, Revised and Expanded Edition

The Only Guide You Will Ever Need, Including GPS, Detailed Maps, and More

Leonard M. Adkins, J. Richard Wells

The President's Kitchen Cabinet

The President's Kitchen Cabinet

The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas

Adrian Miller

Carolina Israelite

Carolina Israelite

How Harry Golden Made Us Care about Jews, the South, and Civil Rights

Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett

Game Changers

Game Changers

Dean Smith, Charlie Scott, and the Era That Transformed a Southern College Town

Art Chansky

Frontiers of Science

Frontiers of Science

Imperialism and Natural Knowledge in the Gulf South Borderlands, 1500-1850

Cameron B. Strang

The Occupation of Havana

The Occupation of Havana

War, Trade, and Slavery in the Atlantic World

Elena A. Schneider

Allegories of Encounter

Allegories of Encounter

Colonial Literacy and Indian Captivities

Andrew Newman

The Smugglers' World

The Smugglers' World

Illicit Trade and Atlantic Communities in Eighteenth-Century Venezuela

Jesse Cromwell

Father Luis Olivares, a Biography

Father Luis Olivares, a Biography

Faith Politics and the Origins of the Sanctuary Movement in Los Angeles

Mario T. García

A Political Education

A Political Education

Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago since the 1960s

Elizabeth Todd-Breland

Semi Queer

Semi Queer

Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers

Anne Balay

Fighting for Atlanta

Fighting for Atlanta

Tactics, Terrain, and Trenches in the Civil War

Earl J. Hess

Embattled Freedom

Embattled Freedom

Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps

Amy Murrell Taylor

This War Ain't Over

This War Ain't Over

Fighting the Civil War in New Deal America

Nina Silber

Hashtag Islam

Hashtag Islam

How Cyber-Islamic Environments Are Transforming Religious Authority

Gary R. Bunt

Let Us Make Men

Let Us Make Men

The Twentieth-Century Black Press and a Manly Vision for Racial Advancement

D'Weston Haywood

A Thousand Thirsty Beaches

A Thousand Thirsty Beaches

Smuggling Alcohol from Cuba to the South during Prohibition

Lisa Lindquist Dorr

Policing Los Angeles

Policing Los Angeles

Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD

Max Felker-Kantor

Gone Home

Gone Home

Race and Roots through Appalachia

Karida L. Brown

Aberration of Mind

Aberration of Mind

Suicide and Suffering in the Civil War–Era South

Diane Miller Sommerville

War Matters

War Matters

Material Culture in the Civil War Era

Joan E. Cashin

The Lesbian South

The Lesbian South

Southern Feminists, the Women in Print Movement, and the Queer Literary Canon

Jaime Harker

Black. Queer. Southern. Women.

Black. Queer. Southern. Women.

An Oral History

E. Patrick Johnson

Jim Crow Capital

Jim Crow Capital

Women and Black Freedom Struggles in Washington, D.C., 1920–1945

Mary-Elizabeth B. Murphy

Capturing the South

Capturing the South

Imagining America's Most Documented Region

Scott L. Matthews

Hurtin' Words

Hurtin' Words

Debating Family Problems in the Twentieth-Century South

Ted Ownby

Making Machu Picchu

Making Machu Picchu

The Politics of Tourism in Twentieth-Century Peru

Mark Rice

The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940–1976

The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940–1976

Stories from the Newsroom, Stories from the Street

Benjamin T. Smith

Mapping Diaspora

Mapping Diaspora

African American Roots Tourism in Brazil

Patricia de Santana Pinho

Transforming the Elite

Transforming the Elite

Black Students and the Desegregation of Private Schools

Michelle A. Purdy

Working in Hollywood

Working in Hollywood

How the Studio System Turned Creativity into Labor

Ronny Regev

Liberalism Is Not Enough

Liberalism Is Not Enough

Race and Poverty in Postwar Political Thought

Robin Marie Averbeck

Indigenous Cosmolectics

Indigenous Cosmolectics

Kab'awil and the Making of Maya and Zapotec Literatures

Gloria Elizabeth Chacón

Crafting an Indigenous Nation

Crafting an Indigenous Nation

Kiowa Expressive Culture in the Progressive Era

Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote

The People of the River

The People of the River

Nature and Identity in Black Amazonia, 1835–1945

Oscar de la Torre

Prieto

Prieto

Yorùbá Kingship in Colonial Cuba during the Age of Revolutions

Henry B. Lovejoy

Literary Indians

Literary Indians

Aesthetics and Encounter in American Literature to 1920

Angela Calcaterra

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn

On Freedom and the Will to Adorn

The Art of the African American Essay

Cheryl A. Wall

Armageddon Insurance

Armageddon Insurance

Civil Defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945–1991

Edward M. Geist

Biomedicalization and the Practice of Culture

Biomedicalization and the Practice of Culture

Globalization and Type 2 Diabetes in the United States and Japan

Mari Armstrong-Hough

God with Us

God with Us

Lived Theology and the Freedom Struggle in Americus, Georgia, 1942–1976

Ansley L. Quiros

Charleston in Black and White

Charleston in Black and White

Race and Power in the South after the Civil Rights Movement

Steve Estes

Recaptured Africans

Recaptured Africans

Surviving Slave Ships, Detention, and Dislocation in the Final Years of the Slave Trade

Sharla M. Fett

Shadow Cold War

Shadow Cold War

The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World

Jeremy Friedman

The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy

The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy

Toilets, Sewers, and Water Systems

Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow

Reconstruction's Ragged Edge

Reconstruction's Ragged Edge

The Politics of Postwar Life in the Southern Mountains

Steven E. Nash

American Child Bride

American Child Bride

A History of Minors and Marriage in the United States

Nicholas L. Syrett

Seeds of Empire

Seeds of Empire

Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850

Andrew J. Torget

From South Texas to the Nation

From South Texas to the Nation

The Exploitation of Mexican Labor in the Twentieth Century

John Weber

Sacred Interests

Sacred Interests

The United States and the Islamic World, 1821-1921

Karine V. Walther

Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism

Oberlin, Hotbed of Abolitionism

College, Community, and the Fight for Freedom and Equality in Antebellum America

J. Brent Morris

The Latino Generation

The Latino Generation

Voices of the New America

Mario T. García

A Luminous Brotherhood

A Luminous Brotherhood

Afro-Creole Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans

Emily Suzanne Clark

Rivers of Gold, Lives of Bondage

Rivers of Gold, Lives of Bondage

Governing through Slavery in Colonial Quito

Sherwin K. Bryant

Right Moves

Right Moves

The Conservative Think Tank in American Political Culture since 1945

Jason Stahl

A Sketch of the Life of Okah Tubbee

A Sketch of the Life of Okah Tubbee

(Called) William Chubbee, Son of the Head Chief, Mosholeh Tubbee, of the Choctaw Nation of Indians

Laah Ceil Manatoi Elaah Tubbee

Slavery Days in Old Kentucky

Slavery Days in Old Kentucky

A True Story of a Father Who Sold His Wife and Four Children, By One of His Children

Isaac Johnson

Home Away from Home

Home Away from Home

Immigrant Narratives, Domesticity, and Coloniality in Contemporary Spanish Culture

N. Michelle Murray

La abolición del tormento

La abolición del tormento

El inédito Discurso sobre la injusticia del apremio judicial (c. 1795), de Pedro García del Cañuelo

José Manuel Pereiro Otero