Welcome to the UNC Press Virtual Exhibit for the Organization of American Historians.























Scroll through our newest releases!
We’re looking forward to getting together at the conference. But in case you won’t be 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 — Dawn Durante, 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
- Boundless South (New!)
- Black Women’s History (New!)
- Latinx Histories (New!)
- 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 books just released in paperback for immediate course adoption.
UNC Press is proud to distribute titles from Reacting Consortium Press.




For more information on these books, click here.
(Note, RTTP books are not eligible for UNC Press promotional discounts.)
Recent events continue to bring 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 OAH 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
A Story of Murder, Lynch Mobs, and Judicial Punishment in the Carolinas
The Vote Collectors, Second Edition
The True Story of the Scamsters, Politicians, and Preachers behind the Nation's Greatest Electoral Fraud
How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class
Policing and the Birth of Law-and-Order Liberalism in World War II–Era New York City
The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction
Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America
Multiracial Alliances, Labor Politics, and Transnational Activism in the Pacific Northwest, 1970–1999
Consent in the Presence of Force
Sexual Violence and Black Women's Survival in Antebellum New Orleans
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
From the New Deal to the War on Schools
Race, Inequality, and the Rise of the Punitive Education State