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Excellent entry, as always by the ever-mindful @civilwarmemory.bsky.social. Speaking of all-Black GAR posts, Barbara Gannon’s The Won Cause is a fabulous read. @uncpress.bsky.social

24.11.2025 22:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You voted, and the results are in! πŸŽ‰ Meet the finalists for our inaugural Readers’ Choice Award, and cast your vote for the winner now πŸ™Œ

VOTE NOW: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

24.11.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two fantastic @uncpress.bsky.social authors with their new books! Couldn’t be happier for @forthepoor.bsky.social and @sdahl.bsky.social here in Boston @aarweb.bsky.social

22.11.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Met my editors in person for the first time! "Good Christian Girls: Nostalgia and the Making of Evangelical Girlhood" is as of a few weeks ago under contract with @uncpress.bsky.social. #AARSBL25

23.11.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My colleague Lauren Duval has a new book coming out next month from @uncpress.bsky.social on military occupation and households in the Revolution. Lauren is real smart. Put it in your cart. #HATM

21.11.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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I found a timeline of my Interlibrary Loan requests from @ncsulibraries.bsky.social back when I was a professor at @ncstate.bsky.social.

There are inklings of my book as far back as 2010 before the dam broke in 2016-2017.
#Indigenous #EnvironmentalJustice #EnvHist #OnTheSwamp @uncpress.bsky.social

21.11.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so cool!

21.11.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Newly Declassified Records Suggest Parents Collaborated With the FBI to Spy on Their Rebellious Teens During the 1960s As high school students across the U.S. embraced political activism, adults turned to the authorities to shield their sons and daughters from radical influences

Excited to share my new @smithsonianmag.bsky.social article, drawn from Chapter 10 of my upcoming book High School Students Unite! @uncpress.bsky.social

Newly Declassified Records Suggest Parents Collaborated With the FBI to Spy on Their Rebellious Teens... www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newl...

21.11.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Less than 2 days left of first round voting for the UNC Press Readers' Choice Award!

Vote Now:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

20.11.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Transgender Religious Life - UNC Press Blog The following is a guest post from SB RodrΓ­guez-Plate, editor ofΒ CrossCurrents. Transgender Awareness Week culminates today. November 20th, with the Transgender Day of Remembrance. There are ceremonie...

Looking for some Transgender Day of Remembrance reading?

@sbrodriguez.bsky.social, editor of CrossCurrents, talks about their new special issue TRANS-SPIRITUALITIES and how you can read some of the articles for free now through December 19th πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

uncpressblog.com/2025/11/20/t...

20.11.2025 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Consequential Black Congressman by Marion Orr - The Providence Eye For someone who was, by all accounts, quiet and reserved, Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. β€” Michigan’s first Black member of Congress, founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, and icon of the Civil Rights ...

"Diggs is fortunate in his biographer. Orr is a graceful and engaging writer who understands how to stir and keep the reader’s interest."

Check out this review of HOUSE OF DIGGS by @marionorrauthor.bsky.social in
@thepvdeye.bsky.social

pvdeye.org/house-of-dig...

20.11.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pre-order the first book in our W. Hodding Carter III trade imprint!

20.11.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Religious Food Movements Paved the Way for MAHA - UNC Press Blog The following is a guest blog post by Adrienne Krone, author of Free-Range Religion: Alternative Food Movements and Religious Life in the United States which is now available wherever books are sold. ...

How have religious food movements from the early nineteenth century have to do with America’s MAHA health agenda today?

@adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ‡️

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19.11.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was such a joy to talk with Kate about history writing, teaching, publishing, and so much more. As a long-time listener and first-time talker, it was a dream come true! Thank you @draftingthepast.bsky.social! πŸ—ƒοΈ
@uncpress.bsky.social

18.11.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Meet the nominees for our inaugural UNC Press Readers Choice Award πŸŽ‰

Learn more about the nominees and cast your vote here πŸ‘‡
uncpress.org/readers-choi...

17.11.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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UNC Press Welcomes Andrew Kinney as W. Hodding Carter III Executive EditorΒ  - UNC Press Blog The University of North Carolina Press is pleased to announce that Andrew Kinney will join the Press on December 1, 2025, as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor, leading acquisitions for th...

We're excited to share that Andrew Kinney will join UNC Press as the new W. Hodding Carter III Executive Editor πŸŽ‰

"UNC Press has always led the way in the publication of American history . . . I’m so excited to be joining such a remarkable team." Read more on the blog πŸ‘‡

bit.ly/4i7t3yb

18.11.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Archie Bunker for President Delving into the intersection of television entertainment and American politics during the 1970s, focusing on the sitcom All in the Family, this book explore...

Today is publication day!! #ArchieBunkerforPresident is now officially out in the world with @uncpress.bsky.social and you can find a copy wherever you find books (and if they don't have one, ask them to order a copy for you!)!!

uncpress.org/978146969090...

18.11.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Our site is back!

18.11.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Having trouble accessing the UNC Press site? You guessed itβ€”the Cloudflare outage is affecting us too πŸ™ƒ We’re monitoring the situation and hope everything will be back up and running soon 🀞

18.11.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
The cover of β€œThe end of college football: on the human cost of an all American game” by Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva. On the cover you see bold white and red text, with gridiron football grass on the bottom and faded into a deep black upper 3/4ths of the cover.

The cover of β€œThe end of college football: on the human cost of an all American game” by Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva. On the cover you see bold white and red text, with gridiron football grass on the bottom and faded into a deep black upper 3/4ths of the cover.

Our book *The End of College Football* has been nominated for the inaugural 2025 @uncpress.bsky.social Readers’ Choice Award!

If you enjoyed reading it please take a moment to vote (while supporting university press books!).
@nkalamb.bsky.social

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

17.11.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

First round of voting is open now through November 21st πŸ—³οΈ

17.11.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet the nominees for our inaugural UNC Press Readers Choice Award πŸŽ‰

Learn more about the nominees and cast your vote here πŸ‘‡
uncpress.org/readers-choi...

17.11.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Preorder the 2nd edition of my book No Common Ground using the code 01SOCIAL30 on uncpress.org to get 30% off. @uncpress.bsky.social #confederate #monuments

12.11.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Stop by our booth at #NWSA2025 πŸ‘‹

14.11.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Monday Night Talk with Kevin Tocci | WATD 95.9 FM Monday Night Talk is a 2 hour radio show that’s broadcast Monday Nights 6:15 – 8:00 p.m. Host Kevin Tocci talks about a variety of topics like local & national politics, community-based issues, politi...

Just recorded a great interview with Monday Night Talk on 95.9FM WATD about #ChasingBandits (@uncpress.bsky.social). Segment will air around 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17. You can catch it here. Click "For Listeners," then "Listen Live Online" 959watd.com/monday-night...

14.11.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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THE WEEK IN HELL! Nationalism and Football! | This Is Hell! Get more from This Is Hell! on Patreon

The week... IN HELL!

TUESDAY:
@leninology.bsky.social on "Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization" (@versobooks.bsky.social)

WEDNESDAY:
Michael Oriard on "Sanctioned Savagery: A History of Violence in American Football" (@uncpress.bsky.social)

www.patreon.com/posts/week-i...

14.11.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Best Civil War Books of 2025 What were the best Civil War history books published in 2025? A panel of historians offers their picks.

Looking for more Civil War books to add to your shelf? Check out @cwmonitor.bsky.social's Best Civil War Books of 2025 featuring a bunch of UNC Press titles πŸ‘

www.civilwarmonitor.com/article/the-...

14.11.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Me: β€œmaybe I won’t read so much”
@uncpress.bsky.social: THE HELL YOU SAY

Six new books arrived yesterday to review for the podcast. Better get cracking.

@princetonupress.bsky.social - wassup

13.11.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another amazing conversation with @SaadiaKhan for Immigrantly podcast about my book Fighting for Control! Check out out the episode in the link below! @uncpress.bsky.social

12.11.2025 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The #ChasingBandits (@uncpress.bsky.social) book tour continues with a home game at Nichols College at 3 p.m. Nov. 19 in the Conant Library. Open to all. Come get some snacks and a book!

12.11.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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