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Spring has sprung, but Fall is just around the corner. Preorder amply and often from @UNC_Press's fantastic Fall/Winter 2021 list! A "For Your Consideration" (as the movie studios say) thread below.
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469664873/public-confessions/ "In this brilliant book, @historydavis illuminates the religious conversions of prominent Americans in the postwar era and the public power of religion in America itself. Well-researched and well-written...a must-read work of history."- @KevinMKruse
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469665689/the-birth-certificate/ "An exceedingly fine book, deeply and impressively researched, excavating a story that modern American historians simply did not know until now.”-- @IgoSarah @shoojaypee
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469665115/choctaw-confederates/ "With compelling storytelling and insightful analysis, Choctaw Confederates reminds readers about the importance of Indigenous sovereignty and reshapes our understanding of the Civil War’s western theater.”--Greg Smithers
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469665863/cold-war-liberation/ This book will change the way historians think about diplomacy & African agency in the era of decolonization & quickly become required reading for historians of Cold War decolonization & the end of Portugal’s empire in Africa.-James Brennan @nat_telepneva
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469664224/tears-fire-and-blood/“A sweeping narrative and explanation of how the United States, particularly the U.S. government, responded to the liberation of Africa from colonial bondage....[T]his is a big story, and well told.”—Thomas Borstelmann
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469664439/her-cold-war/ @DrTanyaRoth seamlessly restores “womanpower” to its central place in the history of the American military & the women’s movement, demonstrating once & for all the irretractable ties between second-wave feminism & Cold War national defense.- @KaraDixonVuic
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469664781/a-nation-of-descendants/
"“Very impressive…this is an important book.”— @drhonor
"“Very impressive…this is an important book.”— @drhonor
In sum, @womnknowhistory *indeed.*
