New from UNC Press Blog It’s our favorite day of the week: New Books Tuesday! Today we’re excited to share four new books which are now available wherever books are sold. Enjoy this weeks new books or check out our Hot Off the Press page to see everything new this month. Plus, if you want updates in your inbox every month on new titles and what’s happening at UNC Press, you can sign up for our monthly eNews here. The Famous Lady Lovers: Black Women and Queer Desire before Stonewall by Cookie Woolner Gender and American Culture Series “Extraordinary in its scope and inventiveness to focus ..read more

New from UNC Press Blog It’s New Books Tuesday and In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine by Eric D. Carter is now available wherever books are sold. In Pursuit of Health Equity: A History of Latin American Social Medicine by Eric D. Carter A remarkable look at the origins and evolution of a transnational sociomedical perspective in Latin America of great interest to historians of medicine and leaders of social medicine all over the world. Marcos Cueto, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Brazil Throughout Latin America, social medicine has been widely recognized ..read more

New from UNC Press Blog The following excerpt is from “The Persistence of the Vocabulary of the Slavers” in Jean Casimir’s book The Haitians: A Decolonial History. In this sweeping history, leading Haitian intellectual Jean Casimir argues that the story of Haiti should not begin with the usual image of Saint-Domingue as the richest colony of the eighteenth century. Rather, it begins with a reconstruction of how individuals from Africa, in the midst of the golden age of imperialism, created a sovereign society based on political imagination and a radical rejection of the colonial order, persist ..read more

New from UNC Press Blog Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva commonly known as “Lula,” has won the first round of Brazil’s presidential elections by 48.4%, much tighter than many had expected. As we await the second round of election please enjoy this excerpt of Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil by John D. French, which was the winner of the 2021 Sergio Buarque de Holanda Prize for Best Book in Social Sciences, Brazil Section of the Latin American Studies Association and the 2021 Warren Dean Memorial Prize, Conference on Latin American History. 1 LULA’S APOTH ..read more

New from UNC Press Blog The following is an excerpt from The Investigative Brigade: Hunting Human Rights Criminals in Post-Pinochet Chile by Pascale Bonnefoy Miralles, available now from your favorite bookstore. Lost in Fresia The rain poured down in torrents, and wind whipped against the small Cessna plane suspended in the black of night in flight from Santiago to Puerto Montt. The four passengers on board bounced around like Ping-Pong balls, joking and squirming childishly to calm their nerves. Eduardo Giorgi, their pilot from the Investigations Police of Chile (PICH), scolded, “Quit c ..read more

New from UNC Press Blog The following titles are all newly available in paperback from your favorite bookseller. And, if purchasing direct from UNC Press, take 40% off during our 100th Anniversary Sale using promo code 01DAH40 at checkout, and ground shipping is free on U.S. orders that are $75+ (also good on any print book, as well as preorders; a few restrictions apply). Stone Free: Jimi Hendrix in London, September 1966–June 1967 By Jas Obrecht “Jas Obrecht captures the frenzy and the excitement of the most extraordinary moment in rock guitar’s history, when Jimi Hendrix reinvents the ele ..read more

New from UNC Press Blog To help the victims of Hurricane Ida, visit these links to learn more about the local organizations who need your financial support in serving those affected: How to Help Hurricane Ida Victims Right Now Want to donate or volunteer to assist those affected by Hurricane Ida? Here’s how to help If you’ve been keeping up with the national news, you may be aware of Hurricane Ida and the destruction it’s caused to New Orleans, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. The strength of the hurricane has now lessened to a tropical depression, but there are still many people without po ..read more

New from UNC Press Blog It was so good to be back in-person at OAH 2022! If you missed seeing us in Boston, please visit our virtual booth to browse our recent American history titles, learn more about our great book series, or connect with one of our acquisitions editors. Award winning author Lorien Foote with her book’s editor, Mark Simpson-Vos Cathy Kelly from the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture with award winning author Samantha Seeley Samantha Rosenthal posing with Living Queer History Anne Gray Fischer posing with The Streets Belong to Us, along with mentor Way ..read more

New from UNC Press Blog We hope you’ll visit our Modern Language Association virtual booth to browse our new and recent titles and connect with editor Lucas Church. “Hopefully, this will be the last year we can’t meet in-person, but I want to welcome proposal from all writers who are working at the intersection of Black and literary studies. American studies-inflected methodologies are also welcome, as well as works with a theoretical bent. I work with authors from all backgrounds—adjuncts, assistant professors, and above—and look forward to seeing your work! A proposal is enough to start ou ..read more

New from UNC Press Blog Jean Casimir, author of The Haitians: A Decolonial History, gave a virtual lecture back in May at The Institute of European Studies. Casimir, who served as Haitian ambassador to the United States and as a United Nations official, is professor of humanities at the University of Haiti. In this lecture, Jean discusses the Haitian Revolution and the power Haiti used to build itself while Europe was trying to transform its people into slaves. Casimir’s book, The Haitians: A Decolonial History, was featured recently on our “Understanding Haiti’s Past” reading list. Jean Cas ..read more