UNC Press Holiday Gift Books Sale

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Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua

Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua

An Enslaved Muslim of the Black Atlantic

Paul E. Lovejoy, Nielson Bezerra

The Anthology of Black Mountain College Poetry

The Anthology of Black Mountain College Poetry

Blake Hobby, Alessandro Porco, Joseph Bathanti

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

Doc Watson

Doc Watson

A Life in Music

Eddie Huffman

Box 25

Box 25

Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal

Julie Greene

Fighting for Control

Fighting for Control

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

Lina-Maria Murillo

The State of Conservation

The State of Conservation

Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920

Joshua Nygren

An Efficient Womanhood

An Efficient Womanhood

Women and the Making of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

Natanya Duncan

Music, Muscle, and Masterful Arts

Music, Muscle, and Masterful Arts

Black and Indigenous Performers of the Circus Age

Sakina M. Hughes

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

Ripples of Hope in the Mississippi Delta

Ripples of Hope in the Mississippi Delta

Charting the Health Equity Policy Agenda

David K. Jones, Debra Bingham, Nicole Huberfeld, Sarah H. Gordon

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

Blacks against Brown

Blacks against Brown

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

Charise L. Cheney

Shy of the Squirrel's Foot

Shy of the Squirrel's Foot

A Peripheral History of the Jargon Society as Told through Its Missing Books

Andy Martrich

Freedom's Mirage

Freedom's Mirage

Virgil Bennehan's Odyssey from Emancipation to Exile

Sydney Nathans

All Y'all

All Y'all

Queering Southernness in US Fiction, 1980–2020

Heidi Siegrist

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

Truffles and Trash

Truffles and Trash

Recirculating Food in a Social Welfare State

Kelly Alexander

Another Throat

Another Throat

Twenty-First-Century Black US Persona Poetry and the Archive

Ryan Sharp

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

Indiscipline

Indiscipline

Reading Collaboratively Written Native American Autobiography

Alicia Carroll

The Life and Death of Ryan White

The Life and Death of Ryan White

AIDS and Inequality in America

Paul M. Renfro

The Abercrombie Age

The Abercrombie Age

Millennial Aspiration and the Promise of Consumer Culture

Myles Ethan Lascity

A Forgotten Migration

A Forgotten Migration

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

Crystal R. Sanders

Anatomy of a Purple State

Anatomy of a Purple State

A North Carolina Politics Primer

Christopher A. Cooper

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

Brown Women Have Everything

Brown Women Have Everything

Essays on (Dis)comfort and Delight

Sayantani Dasgupta

Traveling to Unknown Places

Traveling to Unknown Places

Nineteenth-Century Journeys toward French and American Selfhood

Lloyd S. Kramer

Clover Garden

Clover Garden

A Carolinian's Piedmont Memoir

Bland Simpson, Ann Cary Simpson

Tangled Journeys

Tangled Journeys

One Family's Story and the Making of American History

Lori D. Ginzberg

Health Freaks

Health Freaks

America's Diet Champions and the Specter of Chronic Illness

Travis A. Weisse

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

Stories I Lived to Tell

Stories I Lived to Tell

An Appalachian Memoir

Gary Carden, Neal Hutcheson

Searching for Dr. Harris

Searching for Dr. Harris

The Life and Times of a Remarkable African American Physician

Margaret Humphreys

Sass

Sass

Black Women's Humor and Humanity

J Finley

What Side Are You On?

What Side Are You On?

A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders

Michael Steven Wilson, José Antonio Lucero

Making Never-Never Land

Making Never-Never Land

Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico

Mónica A. Jiménez

Butterflies of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia

Butterflies of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia

A Field Guide

Harry E. LeGrand Jr., Jeffrey S. Pippen, Derb Carter, Jr., Pierre Howard

Seashells of North Carolina, Revised and Expanded Edition

Seashells of North Carolina, Revised and Expanded Edition

North Carolina Sea Grant, Katie Mosher

Looking for Andy Griffith

Looking for Andy Griffith

A Father's Journey

Evan Dalton Smith

The Sandinista Revolution

The Sandinista Revolution

A Global Latin American History

Mateo Jarquín

Remembering Conquest

Remembering Conquest

Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship

Omar Valerio-Jiménez

What Jane Knew

What Jane Knew

Anishinaabe Stories and American Imperialism, 1815–1845

Maureen Konkle

Vital Relations

Vital Relations

How the Osage Nation Moves Indigenous Nationhood into the Future

Jean Dennison

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

The Ethics of Cities

The Ethics of Cities

Shaping Policy for a Sustainable and Just Future

Timothy Beatley

Published by the Author

Published by the Author

Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature

Bryan Sinche

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

Financial Leadership for the Arts

Financial Leadership for the Arts

Sustainable Strategies for Creative Organizations

Cleopatra Charles, Margaret F. Sloan

Building Power, Breaking Power

Building Power, Breaking Power

The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008

Jesse Chanin

Discovering North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail

Discovering North Carolina’s Mountains-to-Sea Trail

A Companion for Hikers and Armchair Explorers

Jerry Barker

Rap and Redemption on Death Row

Rap and Redemption on Death Row

Seeking Justice and Finding Purpose behind Bars

Alim Braxton, Mark Katz

Cracks in the Outfield Wall

Cracks in the Outfield Wall

The History of Baseball Integration in the Carolinas

Chris Holaday

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

On the Swamp

On the Swamp

Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice

Ryan Emanuel

The Carceral City

The Carceral City

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

John Bardes

American Literary Misfits

American Literary Misfits

The Alternative Democracies of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Print Cultures

D. Berton Emerson

North Carolina’s Roadside Eateries, Revised and Expanded Edition

North Carolina’s Roadside Eateries, Revised and Expanded Edition

A Traveler’s Guide to Local Restaurants, Diners, and Barbecue Joints

D. G. Martin

Ascension

Ascension

The Sociology of an African American Family's Generational Journey

Lois Benjamin

A Guide to North Carolina's Freshwater Fishes

A Guide to North Carolina's Freshwater Fishes

Bryn Tracy, Fred C. Rohde, Scott Smith, Jesse Bissette, Gabriela M. Hogue

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

The Rich Earth between Us

The Rich Earth between Us

The Intimate Grounds of Race and Sexuality in the Atlantic World, 1770–1840

Shelby Johnson

Container and Small-Space Gardening for the South

Container and Small-Space Gardening for the South

How to Grow Flowers and Food No Matter Where You Live

Barbara W. Ellis

The After

The After

A Veteran's Notes on Coming Home

Michael Ramos

Being Black in the Ivory

Being Black in the Ivory

Truth-Telling about Racism in Higher Education

Shardé M. Davis

Come! Come! Where? Where?

Come! Come! Where? Where?

Essays

James Seay

Everywhere the Undrowned

Everywhere the Undrowned

A Memoir of Survival and Imagination

Stephanie Clare Smith

A Question of Value

A Question of Value

Stories from the Life of an Auctioneer

Robert Brunk

Live from the Underground

Live from the Underground

A History of College Radio

Katherine Rye Jewell

Between Two Worlds

Between Two Worlds

Jewish War Brides after the Holocaust

Robin Judd

Magic City

Magic City

How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America

Burgin Mathews

Boardinghouse Women

Boardinghouse Women

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

Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt

Gun Country

Gun Country

Gun Capitalism, Culture, and Control in Cold War America

Andrew C. McKevitt

Who Is Muhammad?

Who Is Muhammad?

Michael Muhammad Knight

Southern Lights

Southern Lights

75 Years of the Carolina Quarterly

Sophia Houghton, Kylan Rice, Daniel Wallace

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

Far from the Rooftop of the World

Far from the Rooftop of the World

Travels among Tibetan Refugees on Four Continents

Amy Yee

Oh, Didn't They Ramble

Oh, Didn't They Ramble

Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music

David Menconi, Robert Plant

The Vice President's Black Wife

The Vice President's Black Wife

The Untold Life of Julia Chinn

Amrita Chakrabarti Myers

Buying Time for Heritage

Buying Time for Heritage

How to Save an Endangered Historic Property

J. Myrick Howard

High Bias

High Bias

The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape

Marc Masters

Wondrous Transformations

Wondrous Transformations

A Maverick Physician, the Science of Hormones, and the Birth of the Transgender Revolution

Alison Li

Sharing Yerba Mate

Sharing Yerba Mate

How South America's Most Popular Drink Defined a Region

Rebekah E. Pite

Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived

Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived

The Surprising Story of Apples in the South

Diane Flynt, Angie Mosier, Sean Brock

The Famous Lady Lovers

The Famous Lady Lovers

Black Women and Queer Desire before Stonewall

Cookie Woolner

I Cannot Write My Life

I Cannot Write My Life

Islam, Arabic, and Slavery in Omar ibn Said's America

Mbaye Lo, Carl W. Ernst

Southern/Modern

Southern/Modern

Rediscovering Southern Art from the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Jonathan Stuhlman, Martha R. Severens

Country Capitalism

Country Capitalism

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

Bart Elmore

Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe

Lawyer, Jailer, Ally, Foe

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

Eric L. Muller

The Future of Rock and Roll

The Future of Rock and Roll

97X WOXY and the Fight for True Independence

Robin James

An Army Afire

An Army Afire

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

Beth Bailey

Dreamland

Dreamland

America's Immigration Lottery in an Age of Restriction

Carly Goodman

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

Fit Citizens

Fit Citizens

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

Ava Purkiss

Oconaluftee

Oconaluftee

The History of a Smoky Mountain Valley

Elizabeth Giddens

Who We Are Now

Who We Are Now

Stories of What Americans Lost and Found during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Michelle Fishburne

The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women

The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women

Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South

Kami Ahrens

The Distance from Slaughter County

The Distance from Slaughter County

Lessons from Flyover Country

Steven Moore

Ends of War

Ends of War

The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox

Caroline E. Janney

Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain

The History and Guide to an Appalachian Icon

Randy Johnson

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics

Anastasia C. Curwood

The Southern Way of Life

The Southern Way of Life

Meanings of Culture and Civilization in the American South

Charles Reagan Wilson

Unmoored

Unmoored

The Search for Sincerity in Colonial America

Ana Schwartz

Art of the State

Art of the State

Celebrating the Visual Art of North Carolina

Liza Roberts, Lissa Gotwals, Lawrence J. Wheeler

Together

Together

The Amazing Story of Carolina Basketball's 2021–2022 Season

Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner, Matt Bowers, Hubert Davis

Accidental Kindness

Accidental Kindness

A Doctor's Notes on Empathy

Michael Stein