Michael H. Hunt: Polanyi’s ‘Great Transformation': A classic for our hard times
[This article is crossposted at the author’s website, michaelhunt.web.unc.edu.] Head swimming from all the bad economic news as well as the summer heat? Alarmed by a volatile stock market and the...
View ArticleLloyd Kramer: Why the History of Nationalism Matters in a Global Age, Part 1
Today we welcome the first in a series of three guest posts from historian Lloyd Kramer, author of Nationalism in Europe and America: Politics, Cultures, and Identities since 1775, which we published...
View ArticleLloyd Kramer: Why the History of Nationalism Matters in a Global Age, Part 2
This is the second in a series of three guest posts from historian Lloyd Kramer, author of Nationalism in Europe and America: Politics, Cultures, and Identities since 1775. You can read Part 1...
View ArticleLloyd Kramer: Why the History of Nationalism Matters in a Global Age, Part 3
This is the third in a series of three guest posts from historian Lloyd Kramer, author of Nationalism in Europe and America: Politics, Cultures, and Identities since 1775. You can read Part 1 here and...
View ArticleJames Edward Miller: Greece and the EU Face Their Walt Kelly Moment
We welcome a guest post today from James Edward Miller, author of The United States and the Making of Modern Greece: History and Power, 1950-1974. With Greece in financial turmoil that puts other...
View ArticleCongratulations to James Sweet, winner of the 2012 Frederick Douglass Book Prize
We are happy to announce UNC Press author James Sweet, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for his book,...
View ArticleDavid T. Gleeson: Immigrants and American Wars: The Irish Confederate Experience
[This article is crossposted at UNCPressCivilWar150.com] Our guest post today comes from David T. Gleeson, author of The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States of America. Why did many...
View ArticleDavid T. Gleeson: Irish Confederates and the Meaning of American Nationalism
[This article is crossposted at UNCPressCivilWar150.com] Today we welcome a guest post from David T. Gleeson, author of The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States of America. A new...
View ArticleGregory F. Domber: What Putin Misunderstands about American Power
We welcome a guest post today from Gregory F. Domber, author of Empowering Revolution: America, Poland, and the End of the Cold War (October 2014). During the 1980s, both the United States and the...
View ArticleCian T. McMahon: The Global Dimensions of Saint Patrick
We welcome to the blog a guest post by Cian T. McMahon, author of The Global Dimensions of Irish Identity: Race, Nation, and the Popular Press, 1840-1880. Though Ireland is a relatively small island on...
View ArticleCian T. McMahon: Immigrant Voices/Immigrant Debate
We welcome to the blog today a guest post by Cian T. McMahon, author of The Global Dimensions of Irish Identity: Race, Nation, and the Popular Press, 1840-1880. Though Ireland is a relatively small...
View ArticlePatryk Babiracki: Post-Soviet Ukraine: Not Unlike Postwar Poland. What...
We welcome to the blog a guest post by Patryk Babiracki, author of Soviet Soft Power in Poland: Culture and the Making of Stalin’s New Empire, 1943-1957. Concentrating on the formative years of the...
View ArticlePatryk Babiracki: Showcasing Hard Power, Russia Reveals Her Longstanding Soft...
We welcome to the blog a guest post by Patryk Babiracki, author of Soviet Soft Power in Poland: Culture and the Making of Stalin’s New Empire, 1943-1957. Concentrating on the formative years of the...
View ArticleExcerpt: The Archaeology of Sanitation in Roman Italy, by Ann Olga...
New from UNC Press Blog The Romans developed sophisticated methods for managing hygiene, including aqueducts for moving water from one place to another, sewers for removing used water from baths and...
View ArticleRobert G. Parkinson: The Shot Heard Round the World Revisited
New from UNC Press Blog We welcome to the blog a guest post by Robert G. Parkinson, author of The Common Cause: Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution, which is being published in...
View ArticleRobert G. Parkinson: The Last News Story of Colonial America
New from UNC Press Blog We welcome to the blog a guest post by Robert G. Parkinson, author of The Common Cause: Creating Race and Nation in the American Revolution. When the Revolutionary War began,...
View ArticleJames Edward Miller: Greece and the EU Face Their Walt Kelly Moment
New from UNC Press Blog We welcome a guest post today from James Edward Miller, author of The United States and the Making of Modern Greece: History and Power, 1950-1974. With Greece in financial...
View ArticleCongratulations to James Sweet, winner of the 2012 Frederick Douglass Book Prize
New from UNC Press Blog We are happy to announce UNC Press author James Sweet, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Frederick Douglass Book...
View ArticleDavid T. Gleeson: Immigrants and American Wars: The Irish Confederate Experience
New from UNC Press Blog [This article is crossposted at UNCPressCivilWar150.com] Our guest post today comes from David T. Gleeson, author of The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States...
View ArticleDavid T. Gleeson: Irish Confederates and the Meaning of American Nationalism
New from UNC Press Blog [This article is crossposted at UNCPressCivilWar150.com] Today we welcome a guest post from David T. Gleeson, author of The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate...
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