We are celebrating University Press Week November 13‒17 along with other members of the Association of University Presses (AUPresses), an organization of 160 international nonprofit scholarly publishers. Today's post is part of the UP Week blog tour, and for this post we invited authors of recent books on Black women's history to share their experiences researching, writing, … Continue reading Writing Black Women’s History: University Press Week 2023
Highlights from the 2023 SHA Conference
We attended this year's meeting of the Southern Historical Association in Charlotte, North Carolina from November 9 to 12, 2023. Although the meeting is over, our virtual booth is open through December 15, 2023 and offers great deals on our Southern history titles. Use code SHA23 for discount prices and free shipping within the US for orders over $75. … Continue reading Highlights from the 2023 SHA Conference
New Paperback Release: Atlantic Passages
“An innovative addition to the growing body of scholarship on Liberian colonization. . . . Required reading for anyone interested in the colonization movement or identity formation in the nineteenth century Atlantic World.”—Journal of Social History “A compelling narrative of Atlantic and American racialization in West Africa. . . . People interested in the histories of … Continue reading New Paperback Release: Atlantic Passages
After Apollo
“After Apollo is a significant achievement for the way it helps us see the Apollo Moon landing as most never have before—from the vantages of both those personally involved and those broadly affected by it. The result is a fresh focus on the historical and cultural complexities that, then and now, are a part of this … Continue reading After Apollo
New Paperback Release: Picturing Black New Orleans
“Fascinating.”—LA Weekly “[An] alluring book.”—New Orleans Magazine “Anthony delivers a warm and detailed portrait of Collins and some facets of New Orleans’ rich and richly complicated culture in the early 20th century.”—Gambit “Readers will appreciate amusing and emotional anecdotes while also gaining a strong sense of what New Orleans was like in those 20th-century decades for … Continue reading New Paperback Release: Picturing Black New Orleans
Our 2023 FHS Virtual Booth and Book Sale
This year’s Florida Historical Society Public History Forum was held in Lakeland from May 18 to 20. Our virtual booth is open through June 30, 2023 and offers great deals on our Florida history titles. Use code FHS23 for discount prices and free shipping within the U.S. on orders over $75. Click Here to View all Titles in Our Virtual … Continue reading Our 2023 FHS Virtual Booth and Book Sale
Books for Black History Month
Explore our selection of books for Black History Month! New titles this year include a study of Mary McLeod Bethune's global activism, an insider’s account of a wrongful conviction and the fight to overturn it during the civil rights era, profiles of influential Black women activists at the 1977 National Women’s Conference, an analysis of … Continue reading Books for Black History Month
Our 2023 AHA Virtual Booth and Book Sale
This year’s American Historical Association Annual Meeting was held in Philadelphia from January 5 through 8. Our virtual booth is open through February 28, 2023 and offers great deals on our history titles. Use code AHA23 for discount prices and free shipping within the U.S. Click Here to View all Titles in Our Virtual Booth Read on for highlights … Continue reading Our 2023 AHA Virtual Booth and Book Sale
Our 2022 SHA Virtual Booth and Book Sale
This year’s Southern Historical Association Annual Meeting was held in Baltimore, MD from November 10 through 13. Our virtual booth is open through November 30, 2022 and offers great deals on our Southern history titles. Use code SHA22 for discount prices and free shipping within the U.S. Click Here to View all Titles in Our Virtual Booth Read on for highlights … Continue reading Our 2022 SHA Virtual Booth and Book Sale
Maximum Vantage
“Maxwell’s lived experience is invaluable; his voice is inimitable; and his courage is unequaled. Reading this priceless collection, you will undoubtedly agree that the people and causes for which he writes have no better advocate, nor will they likely have one again like him in our lifetimes. Bill Maxwell is a Florida—and national—treasure, and we … Continue reading Maximum Vantage
The Florida Bookshelf 