The legacy and impact of African kingdoms in the continent’s history from the 20th century to today. Edited by John Parker, this groundbreaking book takes us through nine key regions, including ancient …
Read More >By David A. Banks, author of The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America We’ve all seen headlines featuring interesting commentary on U.S. cities’ images or brands. In the lead …
Read More >We’re pleased to announce that Naja Pulliam Collins is our new Associate Editor of Geography and Environmental Studies! Naja joined UC Press in 2021 and assisted the editors for environmental studies and …
Read More >By Anne Marie Todd, author of Valley of Heart’s Delight: Environment and Sense of Place in the Santa Clara Valley The winter of 2023 has been especially soggy in the Santa Clara …
Read More >We need to recognize the degree to which what appears to us as AI is in fact an aggregation of data and images that are already circulating in the public domain, and hence it is a socially spayed technology: it is not appearing as magic before us.
Read More >By Joowon Park, author of Belonging in a House Divided: The Violence of the North Korean Resettlement Process In October 2022, the decomposed skeletal remains of a 49-year-old North Korean woman were …
Read More >The Bengali stories in this collection are first and foremost tales of survival. Each story in Needle at the Bottom of the Sea underscores the need for people to work together—not just to overcome …
Read More >By Christen T. Sasaki, author of Pacific Confluence: Fighting over the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Hawai‘i Typically, the history of U.S. empire is told as a story of inevitable expansion. Within this narrative, …
Read More >UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our February 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the …
Read More >March 8, 1950—International Women’s Day—Marked the Embrace of a Feminist Battle Against Imperialism This post was originally published on Zócalo Public Square and is reposted here with permission. By Elisabeth B. Armstrong, author …
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