SHA Virtual Exhibit

Welcome to the UNC Press Virtual Exhibit for the Southern Historical Association.

Scroll 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, or chat with one of our editors — Dawn Durante, Mark Simpson-Vos or Andrew Winters.


You can learn about our new books just published in these great book series:


Recent events continue to bring new 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.

Gun Country

From Here to Equality, Second Edition

Race for Profit

Free Justice

Policing Los Angeles

City of Inmates

Chocolate City

Caging Borders and Carceral States

Black Food Geographies

Black Faces, White Spaces


All of our books (in fact, our entire site) are available now at our 40 percent SHA conference discount. Plus if your order totals $75, domestic U.S. shipping is FREE! Just use promo code 01DAH40 at checkout.

And check out The Journal of the Civil War Era, the Journal of the Early Republic, and the North Carolina Historical Review, too.

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.


Doc Watson

Doc Watson

A Life in Music

Eddie Huffman

Living the Dream

Living the Dream

The Contested History of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Daniel T. Fleming

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

Fighting for Control

Fighting for Control

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

Lina-Maria Murillo

An Efficient Womanhood

An Efficient Womanhood

Women and the Making of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

Natanya Duncan

Carceral Apartheid

Carceral Apartheid

How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Prisons

Brittany Friedman

The State of Conservation

The State of Conservation

Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920

Joshua Nygren

Captive Cosmopolitans

Captive Cosmopolitans

Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery

Mary E. Hicks

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

Money Isn't Everything

Money Isn't Everything

Buying and Selling Sex in Twentieth-Century Argentina

Patricio Simonetto, Sarah Booker

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

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

White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition

White Evangelical Racism, Second Edition

The Politics of Morality in America

Anthea Butler

The Maya of Morganton

The Maya of Morganton

Work and Community in the Nuevo New South

Leon Fink

The Life and Death of Ryan White

The Life and Death of Ryan White

AIDS and Inequality in America

Paul M. Renfro

Anatomy of a Purple State

Anatomy of a Purple State

A North Carolina Politics Primer

Christopher A. Cooper

A Forgotten Migration

A Forgotten Migration

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

Crystal R. Sanders

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement, Second Edition

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement, Second Edition

A Radical Democratic Vision

Barbara Ransby, Robin D. G. Kelley

Sabor Judío

Sabor Judío

The Jewish Mexican Cookbook

Ilan Stavans, Margaret E. Boyle, Ilan Rabchinskey, Leah Koenig

Freedom Was in Sight

Freedom Was in Sight

A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region

Kate Masur, Elizabeth Clarke

Tangled Journeys

Tangled Journeys

One Family's Story and the Making of American History

Lori D. Ginzberg

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

For God, King, and People

For God, King, and People

Forging Commonwealth Bonds in Renaissance Virginia

Alexander B. Haskell

Storming Vicksburg

Storming Vicksburg

Grant, Pemberton, and the Battles of May 19-22, 1863

Earl J. Hess

Making Never-Never Land

Making Never-Never Land

Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico

Mónica A. Jiménez

Redeemer, Second Edition

Redeemer, Second Edition

The Life of Jimmy Carter

Randall Balmer

The Sandinista Revolution

The Sandinista Revolution

A Global Latin American History

Mateo Jarquín

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

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

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm

Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics

Anastasia C. Curwood

Building Power, Breaking Power

Building Power, Breaking Power

The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008

Jesse Chanin

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

On the Swamp

On the Swamp

Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice

Ryan Emanuel

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

The Carceral City

The Carceral City

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

John Bardes

Ascension

Ascension

The Sociology of an African American Family's Generational Journey

Lois Benjamin

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 Vote Collectors, Second Edition

The Vote Collectors, Second Edition

The True Story of the Scamsters, Politicians, and Preachers behind the Nation's Greatest Electoral Fraud

Michael Graff, Nick Ochsner

Being Black in the Ivory

Being Black in the Ivory

Truth-Telling about Racism in Higher Education

Shardé M. Davis

Arise Africa, Roar China

Arise Africa, Roar China

Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century

Yunxiang Gao

Arguing until Doomsday

Arguing until Doomsday

Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle for American Democracy

Michael E. Woods

The Birth Certificate

The Birth Certificate

An American History

Susan J. Pearson

Co-conspirator for Justice

Co-conspirator for Justice

The Revolutionary Life of Dr. Alan Berkman

Susan M. Reverby

Inventing Disaster

Inventing Disaster

The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood

Cynthia A. Kierner

Beatriz Allende

Beatriz Allende

A Revolutionary Life in Cold War Latin America

Tanya Harmer

Divided by Terror

Divided by Terror

American Patriotism after 9/11

John Bodnar

Live from the Underground

Live from the Underground

A History of College Radio

Katherine Rye Jewell

Accommodating the Republic

Accommodating the Republic

Taverns in the Early United States

Kirsten E. Wood

Feeding New Orleans

Feeding New Orleans

Celebrity Chefs and Reimagining Food Justice

Jeanne K. Firth

Magic City

Magic City

How the Birmingham Jazz Tradition Shaped the Sound of America

Burgin Mathews

Prison Capital

Prison Capital

Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana

Lydia Pelot-Hobbs

Surgery and Salvation

Surgery and Salvation

The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770–1940

Elizabeth O'Brien

This Is Our Home

This Is Our Home

Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations

Whitney Nell Stewart

Beyond Norma Rae

Beyond Norma Rae

How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class

Aimee Loiselle

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

Southern Lights

Southern Lights

75 Years of the Carolina Quarterly

Sophia Houghton, Kylan Rice, Daniel Wallace

Awakening the Ashes

Awakening the Ashes

An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution

Marlene L. Daut

The Vice President's Black Wife

The Vice President's Black Wife

The Untold Life of Julia Chinn

Amrita Chakrabarti Myers

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

Making the Latino South

Making the Latino South

A History of Racial Formation

Cecilia Márquez

The Famous Lady Lovers

The Famous Lady Lovers

Black Women and Queer Desire before Stonewall

Cookie Woolner

Food Power Politics

Food Power Politics

The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement

Bobby J. Smith II

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

A Man of Bad Reputation

A Man of Bad Reputation

The Murder of John Stephens and the Contested Landscape of North Carolina Reconstruction

Drew A. Swanson

The Cutting-Off Way

The Cutting-Off Way

Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500–1800

Wayne E. Lee

Resistance from the Right

Resistance from the Right

Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd

In Pursuit of Health Equity

In Pursuit of Health Equity

A History of Latin American Social Medicine

Eric D. Carter

Seeing Red

Seeing Red

Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America

Michael John Witgen

A Republic in the Ranks

A Republic in the Ranks

Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac

Zachery A. Fry

Public Confessions

Public Confessions

The Religious Conversions That Changed American Politics

Rebecca L. Davis

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

Making the Green Revolution

Making the Green Revolution

Agriculture and Conflict in Colombia

Timothy W. Lorek

A City without Care

A City without Care

300 Years of Racism, Health Disparities, and Health Care Activism in New Orleans

Kevin McQueeney

Teaching Public History

Teaching Public History

Julia Brock, Evan Faulkenbury

Radical Prescription

Radical Prescription

Citizenship and the Politics of Tuberculosis in Twentieth-Century Cuba

Kelly Urban

An Army Afire

An Army Afire

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

Beth Bailey

A New History of the American South

A New History of the American South

W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Laura F. Edwards, Jon F. Sensbach

Behind Crimmigration

Behind Crimmigration

ICE, Law Enforcement, and Resistance in America

Felicia Arriaga

Ybor City

Ybor City

Crucible of the Latina South

Sarah McNamara

White Gloves, Black Nation

White Gloves, Black Nation

Women, Citizenship, and Political Wayfaring in Haiti

Grace Sanders Johnson

Citizens of a Stolen Land

Citizens of a Stolen Land

A Ho-Chunk History of the Nineteenth-Century United States

Stephen Kantrowitz

Oconaluftee

Oconaluftee

The History of a Smoky Mountain Valley

Elizabeth Giddens

Solidarity across the Americas

Solidarity across the Americas

The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and Anti-imperialism

Margaret M. Power

The Demands of Justice

The Demands of Justice

Enslaved Women, Capital Crime, and Clemency in Early Virginia

Tamika Y. Nunley

Reading Territory

Reading Territory

Indigenous and Black Freedom, Removal, and the Nineteenth-Century State

Kathryn Walkiewicz

Indigenous Civil Society in Latin America

Indigenous Civil Society in Latin America

Collective Action in the Digital Age

Pascal Lupien

The Multiracial Promise

The Multiracial Promise

Harold Washington's Chicago and the Democratic Struggle in Reagan's America

Gordon K. Mantler

The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women

The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Women

Stories of Landscape and Community in the Mountain South

Kami Ahrens

Step It Up and Go

Step It Up and Go

The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk

David Menconi

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

Consent in the Presence of Force

Consent in the Presence of Force

Sexual Violence and Black Women's Survival in Antebellum New Orleans

Emily A. Owens

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

Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists

Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists

Queer Women in the Urban South

La Shonda Mims

The End of Public Execution

The End of Public Execution

Race, Religion, and Punishment in the American South

Michael Ayers Trotti

Free Joan Little

Free Joan Little

The Politics of Race, Sexual Violence, and Imprisonment

Christina Greene

Hurricane Jim Crow

Hurricane Jim Crow

How the Great Sea Island Storm of 1893 Shaped the Lowcountry South

Caroline Grego

Borders of Violence and Justice

Borders of Violence and Justice

Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Law Enforcement in the Southwest, 1835-1935

Brian D. Behnken

Capital's Terrorists

Capital's Terrorists

Klansmen, Lawmen, and Employers in the Long Nineteenth Century

Chad E. Pearson

Masters of Health

Masters of Health

Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools

Christopher Willoughby

The Democratic Collapse

The Democratic Collapse

How Gender Politics Broke a Party and a Nation, 1856-1861

Lauren N. Haumesser

A Compact History of Latin America's Cold War

A Compact History of Latin America's Cold War

Vanni Pettinà, Quentin Pope

Global Faith, Worldly Power

Global Faith, Worldly Power

Evangelical Internationalism and U.S. Empire

John Corrigan, Melani McAlister, Axel R. Schäfer

Administering Freedom

Administering Freedom

The State of Emancipation after the Freedmen's Bureau

Dale Kretz