The Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture is the oldest organization in the United States exclusively dedicated to the advancement of study, research, and publications bearing on the history and culture of early America. Books published through UNC Press’s partnership with the OI, which dates back more than half a century, have won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, several Bancroft Prizes, and the Francis Parkman Prize.
The OI is an independent research organization sponsored by William & Mary. All editorial work, including acquisitions, for OI books is done under the direction of OI Editor of Books Catherine E. Kelly.
The Strange Genius of Mr. O
The World of the United States' First Forgotten Celebrity
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Published: March 2021
Jamaica Ladies
Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain's Atlantic Empire
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Published: June 2020
Mining Language
Racial Thinking, Indigenous Knowledge, and Colonial Metallurgy in the Early Modern Iberian World
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Published: May 2020
Indigenous Prosperity and American Conquest
Indian Women of the Ohio River Valley, 1690-1792
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 2020
Voices of the Enslaved
Love, Labor, and Longing in French Louisiana
By Sophie White
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 2019
Standard-Bearers of Equality
America’s First Abolition Movement
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 2019
Eloquence Embodied
Nonverbal Communication among French and Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Published: November 2019
Virginia 1619
Slavery and Freedom in the Making of English America
Edited by Paul Musselwhite , Peter C. Mancall , James Horn
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Published: June 2019
Caribbean New Orleans
Empire, Race, and the Making of a Slave Society
By Cécile Vidal
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Published: June 2019
Darkness Falls on the Land of Light
Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 2019