Kathleen Condray, author of Das Arkansas Echo: A Year in the Life of Germans in the Nineteenth-Century South spoke with Kyle Kellams on KUAF's...
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New Orleans Sports Reviewed in the Journal of Sport History
“Taken as a whole, [these essays] make an important contribution to the historiography of sport in New Orleans and to the broader history of the...
LA Sports Reviewed in the Journal of Sport History
“Although it is often celebrated for its sunshine, palm trees, and movie stars, Los Angeles also boasts a rich sporting history. Through compiling...
Virtual Event! Kathleen Condray at Fayetteville Public Library
In the late nineteenth century, a thriving immigrant population supported three German-language weekly newspapers in Arkansas. Most traces of those...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of American Atrocity
The University of Arkansas Press announces the forthcoming publication of American Atrocity: The Types of Violence in Lynching by Guy Lancaster....
Now Available! The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas
“Ken Barnes has skillfully produced a work that is accessible to a general audience and one that offers new insights for historians. An undeniable...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of The Provisions of War
The University of Arkansas Press announces the forthcoming publication of The Provisions of War: Expanding the Boundaries of Food and Conflict,...
Author Talk: Elizabeth Findley Shores
The University of Arkansas Libraries and University of Arkansas Press presented a discussion on Thursday, March 4, on Zoom featuring author...
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of George Dixon
The University of Arkansas Press announces the forthcoming publication of George Dixon: The Short Life of Boxing's First Black World Champion,...
Now Available: Ozark Country by Otto Ernest Rayburn
Published just days before America’s entry into World War II, Ozark Country is Otto Ernest Rayburn’s love letter to his adopted region. One of...
Fugitivism Wins 2020 Booker Worthen Literary Prize
Fugitivism: Escaping Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1820–1860 by S. Charles Bolton has won the 2020 Booker Worthen Literary Prize. Like...
Bullets and Fire reviewed in the Journal of American History
“Guy Lancaster has assembled in ten concise essays a sweeping examination of lynching in Arkansas from slavery to 1950. In doing so Bullets and Fire...
New Course Adoptions
University of Arkansas Press books are used in a wide variety of college courses. A selection of these can be found on our course adoptions page....
Now Available! Minuteman by David K. Stumpf
In Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, David K. Stumpf demystifies the intercontinental ballistic...
Cover Reveal: Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps
Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps encourages a new consideration of Arkansas rural history by foregrounding Black women’s astute navigation of...