Spring/Summer 2024 Seasonal Catalog Listing

Welcome to the UNC Press Spring/Summer 2024 Seasonal Catalog.

Here you’ll find a listing of our new books scheduled to be published between February 2024 and July 2024.  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.


Looking for Andy Griffith

Looking for Andy Griffith

A Father's Journey

Evan Dalton Smith

Everywhere the Undrowned

Everywhere the Undrowned

A Memoir of Survival and Imagination

Stephanie Clare Smith

Being Black in the Ivory

Being Black in the Ivory

Truth-Telling about Racism in Higher Education

Shardé M. Davis

The After

The After

A Veteran's Notes on Coming Home

Michael Ramos

Rap and Redemption on Death Row

Rap and Redemption on Death Row

Seeking Justice and Finding Purpose behind Bars

Alim Braxton, Mark Katz

A Question of Value

A Question of Value

Stories from the Life of an Auctioneer

Robert Brunk

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

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

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

Come! Come! Where? Where?

Come! Come! Where? Where?

Essays

James Seay

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind

A History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper, Derrick P. Alridge

Financial Leadership for the Arts

Financial Leadership for the Arts

Sustainable Strategies for Creative Organizations

Cleopatra Charles, Margaret F. Sloan

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

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

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

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 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

Collecting Memories

Collecting Memories

Treasures from the Library of Congress

Library of Congress, Carla D. Hayden

Divided by Terror

Divided by Terror

American Patriotism after 9/11

John Bodnar

Arise Africa, Roar China

Arise Africa, Roar China

Black and Chinese Citizens of the World in the Twentieth Century

Yunxiang Gao

Beatriz Allende

Beatriz Allende

A Revolutionary Life in Cold War Latin America

Tanya Harmer

Writing Kit Carson

Writing Kit Carson

Fallen Heroes in a Changing West

Susan Lee Johnson

Inventing Disaster

Inventing Disaster

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

Cynthia A. Kierner

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

The Punitive Turn in American Life

The Punitive Turn in American Life

How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War

Michael S. Sherry

Our Higher Calling, Second Edition

Our Higher Calling, Second Edition

Rebuilding the Partnership between America and Its Colleges and Universities

Holden Thorp, Buck Goldstein

Arguing until Doomsday

Arguing until Doomsday

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

Michael E. Woods

Making Never-Never Land

Making Never-Never Land

Race and Law in the Creation of Puerto Rico

Mónica A. Jiménez

What Side Are You On?

What Side Are You On?

A Tohono O'odham Life across Borders

Michael Steven Wilson, José Antonio Lucero

The Sandinista Revolution

The Sandinista Revolution

A Global Latin American History

Mateo Jarquín

Ascension

Ascension

The Sociology of an African American Family's Generational Journey

Lois Benjamin

The Ethics of Cities

The Ethics of Cities

Shaping Policy for a Sustainable and Just Future

Timothy Beatley

What Jane Knew

What Jane Knew

Anishinaabe Stories and American Imperialism, 1815–1845

Maureen Konkle

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

Building Power, Breaking Power

Building Power, Breaking Power

The United Teachers of New Orleans, 1965-2008

Jesse Chanin

Sexual Violence and American Slavery

Sexual Violence and American Slavery

The Making of a Rape Culture in the Antebellum South

Shannon Eaves

Quitting the Nation

Quitting the Nation

Emigrant Rights in North America

Eric R. Schlereth

Remembering Conquest

Remembering Conquest

Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship

Omar Valerio-Jiménez

The Carceral City

The Carceral City

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

John Bardes

Creatures of Fashion

Creatures of Fashion

Animals, Global Markets, and the Transformation of Patagonia

John Soluri

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 Rich Earth between Us

The Rich Earth between Us

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

Shelby Johnson

American Literary Misfits

American Literary Misfits

The Alternative Democracies of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Print Cultures

D. Berton Emerson

Published by the Author

Published by the Author

Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature

Bryan Sinche

Bacon's Rebellion, 1676-1677

Bacon's Rebellion, 1676-1677

Race, Class, and Frontier Conflict in Colonial Virginia

Verdis LeVar Robinson, Paul Otto