American Disruptor
The untold story of Leland Stanford – from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of Silicon Valley.
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The untold story of Leland Stanford – from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of Silicon Valley.
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Now in Paperback
This Fall season UC Press is pleased to be publishing paperback editions of critically acclaimed texts from leading scholars, with topics ranging from histories of 20th-century fascist and contemporary populist movements, to …
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Beyond Baroque Honors Harryette Mullen
On November 10 , 2019, the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, California will be honoring UC Press author Harryette Mullen as part of their 9th Annual Awards Dinner, the Beyond Salon. Harryette …
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Maharaja of the West
Excerpted from American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford by Roland De Wolk The origins of the Stanford campus and the Silicon Valley it has incubated, borne, and sustained could not …
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On Lunch Shaming
As California joins other states in seeking to end lunch shaming through legislation, the conversation turns importantly towards a national solution. Jennifer E. Gaddis’s timely new book, The Labor of Lunch: Why …
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